Álvaro Enrigue, author portrait
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Álvaro Enrigue

Álvaro Enrigue is a Mexican writer whose most recent novel is You Dreamed of Empires, which was a New York Times Top 10 Book of the Year. A former Fellow at the New York Public Library’s Cullman Center and at Princeton University’s Program in Latin American Studies, he has taught at New York University, Princeton University, the University of Maryland, Columbia University, and Hofstra University. His writing has appeared in The New York Times, The London Review of Books, and El País, among other publications.  He lives in New York City.
You Dreamed of Empires

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You Dreamed of Empires

Mental Health Awareness Month Resources

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