Maxine Swann is the author of three novels: Serious Girls (2003), Flower Children (2007), and The Foreigners (2011). She has received the Harold D. Vursell Memorial Award from the Academy of Arts and Letters and her stories have been featured in The Best American Short Stories, O’Henry Prize Stories, and Pushcart Prize Stories. Born in Pennsylvania, she has been living in Buenos Aires since 2001.
Maxine Swann
Articles
Talking Forcefully to Ghosts
A playful new Cuban novel about cannibalism, ghosts, and an unrepentant Don Juan.
Learning to See: María Gainza’s “Optic Nerve”
A newly translated novel from Argentina explores visual art, social class, and the bonds of family.
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