The Subject and His Skeleton (1897). Anonymous. We are honored to present a brief but meaningful selection of Tomás Andréu’s poetry. Andréu, a poet of short and absurd verses, doesn’t have the recognition he deserves in contemporary Salvadoran literature, which is why we believe that so much more can be done to share his work, in our country and beyond. His style is approachable, yet profound; and his themes are related to everyday life. This anthology comes from his only pu

By André Escobar-Linares I met Izzy Paez at noon in Nathan Phillips Square in Toronto. She was selling her paintings at a visual arts festival. From a distance, I saw one of her paintings that read, “Hay alebrijes en Izalco,” and as a Salvadoran migrant myself, I got excited. I approached her booth, spoke with her briefly, exchanged Instagrams with her, and then we lost touch until, a year later, I learned that she and El Sol had a close connection. One night, while scrolling

Gallery and text by Luis Alfredo Alvarado Alfaro. Photographer. As the infrastructure of the Historic Center modernizes and becomes “beautified,” many of the people who have historically given it life are being displaced, persecuted, or rendered invisible. The closure of popular businesses, the disappearance of working-class gathering spaces, and the constant persecution of informal commerce by CAM agents have transformed not only the urban landscape, but also the human dynam

Estación literaria.Nelson Alonso. Volumen 1. Número 3. Poesía.

Review By Andreas Portillo On the way home – Theodore Kittelson, 1905 The tradition of dark fantasy in Latin America is rich and diverse. Among the great exponents of the genre in the last century are Amparo Dávila, María Luisa Bombal, Silvina Ocampo, some stories by Borges, and others by Cortázar. When we speak of dark fantasy, we are in fact referring to a somewhat arbitrary classification that at times overlaps with horror or with the fantastic in general. Dark fantasy, wh

Compilation and translation Diego Oliva Lobo Vol. 1 Issue 1. I present a brief selection of poems that are part of a long and productive career that, in my opinion, comprises two major concerns: the tragedy of love, and the outcast as a subject. In the poems that belong to Ficción del amor and Conversaciones anormales, Alfaro’s poetic voice explores the innermost difficulties of lovelessness. On the other hand, the poems that belong to Cartón para un monólogo shine for their

Opinion by Javier Lozano 'Dead Internet Theory' text by IlluminatiPirate In 2016, a theory about “the death of the internet” gained notoriety on a virtual forum called Wizardchan, where multiple anonymous users joined a post published by IlluminatiPirate to discuss the possibility that the internet was slowly fading away. Despite how ominous the idea may seem, and how exaggerated the notion of “the death of the internet” might sound, the reality is that it represents a logica

André Escobar-Linares . Toronto, February 2026. Human beings are intimately bound to fire. We understood its nature and its radical capacities: both destroyer and catalyst. Since its discovery, we stopped chewing food for hours and walking for weeks to deliver a message; we began to fly, to leave the planet. But in my opinion, the most significant effects of fire on humanity are congregation and the sense of service. This created the terrain where cooking flourished. I decide