Cristina Rivera Garza is one of the most recognized Latin American authors. She has twice won the Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Prize, and since 2023 she has been a member of the National College of Mexico.

Her work is extensive: she has published novels, collections of poems (Lumen has just compiled her complete poetic work, spanning from 1997 to 2015), academic articles and elaborate translations. “I'm trying to throw away things that weigh a lot, that don't fulfill several functions. With the aim of recycling, but also of developing a broader relationship, emotionally, with the objects,” she reflects. The Mexican writer welcomes us in Berlin to talk about novels and her recently collected poetry, her work as a story archivist, and how a nomadic life has marked her writing. She always knew she wanted to write, but she studied sociology in Mexico City and then crossed the border to train as a historian in Houston. She thinks that from the beginning she established a special bond with Berlin because despite the rain, it resembles Mexico City.