Kitsch and Horror

Kitsch and Horror María Fernanda Ampuero (bio) Translated by Daniel Simon (bio) Click for larger view View full resolution I like this little area of my library a lot because it's where I keep some of my horror books: H.P. Lovecraft, Stephen King, Mariana Enríquez, Amparo Dávila, Shirley Jackson. I also like that these books coexist with a ceramic bear and a painting of a puppy. Kitsch makes me happy. Along with horror literature, I think it's what makes me happiest in the world. Strange? Of course. Translation from the Spanish [End Page 29] María Fernanda Ampuero Writer and journalist María Fernanda Ampuero (b. 1976, Guayaquil, Ecuador) has been published in newspapers and magazines around the world and is the author of two narrative nonfiction titles and two shortstory collections: Cockfight and Human Sacrifices. In 2012 she was selected as one of the 100 Most Influential Latin Americans in Spain. Daniel Simon Daniel Simon is WLT's assistant director and editor in chief. Copyright © 2023 World Literature Today and the Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma

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