“My father used to munch on whole onions as if they were apples, I'd told her once. I thought of it as evidence of his hearty Russian peasant appetite and ways. No one who ate onions like that could have… — Francisco Goldman Copy Share Image
If I were the Mexican-American father of a young child who was having trouble sleeping because of Donald Trump, or who was being bullied in school because of Trump, or who was becoming ashamed of her own background because of… — Francisco Goldman Copy Share Image
I don't impose political responsibilities on my fiction. The last thing I would ever want to do, for example, is write a novel that… — Francisco Goldman Copy Share Image
What I see of the US Presidential elections from down here makes me want to disengage from that particular reality and just hole up… — Francisco Goldman Copy Share Image
“Hold her tight, if you have her; hold her tight, I thought, that's my advice to all the living. Breathe her in, put your… — Francisco Goldman Copy Share Image
Great fiction has been written out of the very darkest circumstances of our narco violence, and nothing written in either fiction or nonfiction has… — Francisco Goldman Copy Share Image
Maybe Pope Francis will say something on his visit to the US, maybe he'll rebuke Donald Trump and anti-immigrant racism and demagoguery beautifully, in… — Francisco Goldman Copy Share Image
The Democrats are hardly agents of change, or even remotely interesting talkers or reality observers. The workings of actual power in the US is… — Francisco Goldman Copy Share Image
“I can go years thinking that it seems impossible that I will ever satisfy that appetite again and then it is easy to satisfy… — Francisco Goldman Copy Share Image
Narco fiction novels have a reputation, at least here in Mexico among some of the writers I know, of being somewhat rushed productions, usually… — Francisco Goldman Copy Share Image
There's a certain advantage to living in a small country like Guatemala, I think. You don't feel so distant from political reality there. When… — Francisco Goldman Copy Share Image
I'm a little skeptical of so-called narco fiction, I have to say, though some writers I admire may have written some narco fiction. You… — Francisco Goldman Copy Share Image
I've written one book-length piece of journalism. The Art of Political Murder: Who Killed Bishop Gerardi? That book had an impact. Eight years after… — Francisco Goldman Copy Share Image
