Mexico: An Entangled History


South of the border still exists in popular imagination as a land of the extremes: the sun-drenched beaches and destination weddings, and the place of dire poverty and crime to escape from. The stories, poem, and essay below speak to the complicated history between Mexico and the United States, from the first clash at the Alamo and the ill-conceived American involvement in the Mexican Revolution to the present day.

  • Rick Bass

    The Diezmo, Part One

    What glory, what joy must war hold, to summon us so?

  • Robert Olen Butler

    The Hot Country

    Presidente was not in a mood to see the American press.

  • Abby Frucht

    Is Glistening

    Señor Fentin was determined to take them fishing.

  • Luisa A. Igloria

    Recycling History

    A group of bandits had just scaled the wall.

  • Michael Wolff

    Letter from Mexico

    The dream of revolution is built into Mexican thinking.