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Podcast: Between The Covers : Conversations with Writers in Fiction, Nonfiction & Poetry
Episode: Ălvaro Enrigue : You Dreamed of Empires
Description: Todayâs conversation with Ălvaro Enrigue about his latest novel, You Dreamed of Empires, translated by Natasha Wimmer, is set during the relatively undocumented first encounter between Moctezuma and HernĂĄn CortĂ©s. The novel dilates the knifeâs edge moment when the Aztec emperor invites the conquistador, with his small band of Spanish soldiers, into the palaces of Tenochtitlan as guests. We talk about writing into the gaps of history, fictionâs influence on the âofficialâ record, histories that are actually fictions, and how writing into erased or distorted histories can be a way to speak to the present momen...