Of his own autobiography that he wrote at age 28, Monsiváis once said "acepté esta suerte de autobiografía con el mezquino fin de hacerme ver como una mezcla de Albert Camus y Ringo" ("I accepted this sort of autobiography with the petty purpose of making myself look like a mix of Albert Camus and Ringo").
Carlos Santana | Juan Carlos I of Spain | William Carlos Williams | San Carlos | Carlos Menem | Don Carlos | Wendy Carlos | Roberto Carlos | Carlos the Jackal | Carlos Sastre | Carlos Gardel | Carlos | San Carlos Water | Carlos Saura | Roman Catholic Diocese of San Carlos de Ancud | John Carlos | Carlos Fuentes | San Carlos de Bariloche | Carlos Monzón | Carlos I of Portugal | University of San Carlos | San Carlos, Falkland Islands | Carlos III | Roberto Carlos (singer) | Carlos Zingaro | Carlos Vives | Carlos Varela | Carlos Queiroz | Carlos P. Romulo | Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala |
She published around 900 interviews during her career, including interviews with Carlos Monsivais, Sarita Montiel, Josephine Baker, Spanish actor Manolo Fabregas, Mexican author Hugo Argüelles (Los Cuervos están de luto), Elena Poniatowska, Emilio Portes Gil, Teddy Stauffer, and Pedro Friedeberg.
I decided to title it—and subsequent e-mail missives—a crónica, inspired by the somewhat rough-hewn, journalistic, often fantastic first-hand accounts of the so-called New World sent “home” by the early Spanish conquistadores, and refashioned by modern-day counterparts such as the Mexicans Carlos Monsiváis, Elena Poniatowska, Cristina Pacheco, and the Chilean Pedro Lemebel, whose writing I admire.