Last Sunday of August, the month when we look to the sky, spellbound by the eclipse. That will be one of the major topics of conversation when we return to the office and remember that another summer we were invincible, even if only for a few minutes.
As every Sunday, we summarize Zenda’s current events in just 10 tweets. Have we pulled it off? Probably not.
The week at Zenda in 10 tweets
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—Two white men in Kafiristan? No. No white man has left there alive since Alexander.—Which Alexander?
—Alexander the Great, king of Greece, three hundred years before Christ.
—Well, if a Greek did it, we will do it too.Adventure cinema: the man who… pic.twitter.com/zfz257Ss1t
— Zenda (@zendalibros) August 25, 2026
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—I am not Pasolini asking for explanations / I am not Ginsberg expelled from Cuba / I am not a fag disguised as a poet / I don’t need a disguise
Pedro Lemebel, the dissident voice expanding his legacy a decade after his death. @Seix_Barral https://t.co/wRDNiA0dJG pic.twitter.com/5ExfkSgTBN
— Zenda (@zendalibros) August 26, 2026
3
«So, goodbye, Miss American Pie. I drove my Chevrolet to the levee, but the levee was dry. The good old boys were drinking whiskey and singing: “This will be the day that I die”».
The American Pie, by Don McLean. https://t.co/JTJxgeSntm
— Zenda (@zendalibros) August 27, 2026
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About thirty authors, including Nicaraguans Sergio Ramírez and Gioconda Belli and Mexicans Juan Villoro and Jorge Volpi, will participate in a new edition of the Centroamérica Cuenta Festival. @cacuenta https://t.co/dpOKRWwLrJ
— Zenda (@zendalibros) August 26, 2026
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— Zenda (@zendalibros) August 25, 2026
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“The murder of Federico was a brutal act of treachery, designed to show the undecided that things were serious and that even the poets’ joy would not be spared.” Por Juan Cruz. https://t.co/BCkQe9PO7O
— Zenda (@zendalibros) August 25, 2026
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“The militias have him in their sights. If it weren’t for Ángel, I fear you’d be one of those who are later hauled away in a truck to the Casa de Campo.”
25 de agosto de 1936: Padre e hijo confinados. https://t.co/aXQDAIYm7G
— Zenda (@zendalibros) August 25, 2026
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Throughout the entire 20th century, and especially since the 1940s, the Western novel was the undisputed queen of Spanish newsstands. https://t.co/loox5tatHt
— Zenda (@zendalibros) August 24, 2026
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— David Pérez Vega (@DavidPerezVeg) August 26, 2026
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“In general, the few journalists who managed to interview Hitler were meek lambs allergic to suspicion or to being asked again; disposable playthings for a scoundrel.”
My piece today at @zendalibros: https://t.co/QBUWPZzQtN
— Jesús Fernández Úbeda (@jfubeda89) August 28, 2026