On September 1, 2020, Mapuche poet, author, and activist Elicura Chihuailaf became the first indigenous writer to receive Chile’s National Prize for Literature. This recognition marks an important tur...

At the end of the 1970s, the name Elicura Chihuailaf began to be heard in Chilean literary circles. His first publications were written not in Mapudungun, the language of the Mapuche nation, but in Sp...

Blow to mea song simple and lastinga song incorruptiblea song untoucheda songunsuccumbing before the unstoppable passing of all things

Pilmaikeñ weychafe Pilmaikeñ, pewmalaymi Pewmalaymi pilmaikeñ, feychi puliwen Pewmalaymi, Tami trafkünuafiel trukur,Matu müpülaymi, inalaymi. 

Since its third issue, Latin American Literature Today has included a special dossier to disseminate the voices of dozens of indigenous women poets who since the 80s have forceful...

Etymologically, the word Mapuche blends the Mapuzungun word “mapu,” meaning “land,” with “che,” meaning “people.” In other words, the Mapuche self-identify as “the people of the land.” Moreover, the p...

i learned about the cold back when i still wore a school uniform / when it was dark out / and my old man’s rambler classic wouldn’t start / we’d have to walk all the way to class / traversing time / s...

I am a woman who is proud of my blood, my roots, of what I can create and teach to children. I think it’s important to recognize where you come from, and we should be truthful and faithful to those we...

"At night we hear songs, stories, and prophecies around the fire breathing the aroma of bread baked by my grandma, my mother or Auntie María, while my father and my grandpa Lonko (chief of the communi...

Those eyes the color of color / from a gray height, watch / bellflowers, trickling water.