María Moreno and Cristina Rivera Garza: Writing Adjacent?

A Conversation Essay

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https://doi.org/10.22456/2236-6385.156104

Abstract

Although distinct and distant, the writing practices of Rivera Garza and Moreno can be read under the sign of adjacency. With this possible dialogue in mind, I propose exploring two books in which both writers revisit canonical figures from their respective literatures, declassify archives, incorporate other discourses, enabling new meanings: Había mucha neblina o humo o no sé qué (2016) and Oración. Carta a Vicki y otras elegías políticas (2018). In the first, Rulfo's work becomes queer writing and a testimony to the trail of misery that accompanies the modernization of the post-revolutionary Mexican state. In the second, Walsh becomes a budding feminist without ceasing to be a man of his time, a writer/activist caught between conflicting forces.

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Miriam V. Gárate, Universidade Estadual de Campinas

Profesora Asociada del Departamento de Teoría Literaria de la Universidade Estadual de Campinas, doctora y libre docente por la misma universidad.

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2026-06-15

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GÁRATE, Miriam V. María Moreno and Cristina Rivera Garza: Writing Adjacent? : A Conversation Essay. Cadernos do IL, [S. l.], n. 70, p. 69–88, 2026. DOI: 10.22456/2236-6385.156104. Disponível em: https://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/cadernosdoil/article/view/156104. Acesso em: 8 aug. 2026.

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Artigos de estudos literários