Marcela Valdes

Marcela Valdes is a contributing editor at Publishers Weekly. She is at work on a book about Chile. Her last piece for The Nation was "Alone Among the Ghosts."

Currently

  • Seed Projects

    June 17, 2009

    Does Alejandro Zambra's Bonsai mark the end of an era in Chilean literature?

2008

  • Alone Among the Ghosts

    November 19, 2008

    Roberto Bolaño's last novel, 2666, is his most profound exploration of art and infamy, craft and crime, the writer and the totalitarian state.

  • Windows Into the Night

    March 13, 2008

    The collected nonfiction of Roberto Bolaño is a treasure trove filled with straw and dust, jewels and gold.

2007

  • Rules of the Game

    November 15, 2007

    A fresh translation of a Portuguese classic offers a poignant portrait of a country's decline.

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Blogs

» The Notion

Palin as the Church Lady | Going Rogue book tour brings passive-aggressive rightwing Christianity to the fore.
Leslie Savan
45 Comments

» Altercation

Slacker Friday | The "Second Amendment" sale; the raving paranoids of the right.
Eric Alterman

» Editor's Cut

An Alternative to Escalation in Afghanistan | President Obama is expected to make a decision regarding his Afghanistan strategy after Thanksgiving.
Katrina vanden Heuvel
53 Comments

» The Beat

House Rebels Force Fed Audit, Real Economy Onto Agenda | Frank's Financial Services Committee becomes focal point for revolts by members who worry about powerful banks and unemployment.
John Nichols
28 Comments

» The Dreyfuss Report

Chongqing: Socialism in One City | China is managing the most important event in the world: the urbanization of half a billion people. Fast.
Robert Dreyfuss
204 Comments

» Act Now!

Toward Copenhagen | A guide to joining the movement against climate change.
Peter Rothberg
59 Comments