Yuri Herrera | 2025-2026 Readings and Talks

About this episode

The episode features a conversation between Mexican novelist Yuri Herrera and Carmen Lamas discussing literature and cultural themes.

On Tuesday, February 10, 2026, the Lannan Center hosted a conversation between Mexican novelist Yuri Herrera and Carmen Lamas (Latinx Literary Culture Professor at the University of Virginia). Yuri Herrera is a writer born in Actopan, Hidalgo, México, and he writes in both Spanish and English. His first novel, Trabajos del reino (trans. Kingdom Cons), won the Premio Binacional de Novela Joven 2003 and received the “Otras voces, otros ámbitos” prize for the best novel published in Spain in 200...

People in this episode

Host: Carmen Lamas

Guest: Yuri Herrera

Topics covered

• Mexican literature
• novel writing
• bilingual authors
• literary conversation
• cultural exchange

Keywords

• Yuri Herrera
• Carmen Lamas
• Lannan Center
• Mexican novelist
• literary culture
• bilingual writing
• Trabajos del reino
• Kingdom Cons

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Lannan Center

Books & works: Trabajos del reino, Kingdom Cons

Places: Actopan, Hidalgo, México

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