Mauricio Ruiz is a writer and journalist who has lived in the US, Belgium, Mexico and Norway. His work has appeared in Words Without Borders, Catapult, The Common, The Rumpus, Electric Literature, JMWW, River Teeth, Literal Magazine, among others. He's been shortlisted for the Bridport Prize and Myriad Editions Competition in the UK, as well as the Fish Short Story Prize in Ireland. He has received fellowships from OMI writers (NY), Société des auteurs (Belgium), Jakob Sande (Norway), Can Serrat (Spain), and the Three Seas' Council (Rhodes). His second book, Silencios al sur, was published in early 2017, and his work has partially been translated into Dutch and French. Mauricio Ruiz can be followed on Twitter and Instagram.
On Monday July 17th, the Belgian State Secretary for Scientific Policy, Thomas Dermine, announced that, to mark the 10th anniversary of King Philippe’s reign, access to […]
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One of the most iconic tourist attractions in Paris will be closing in 2025 for a five-year period of renovations. The Centre Pompidou, at the heart […]
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The Brussels Museum Nocturnes are back in the capital of Europe from April 13th to May 18th, 2023. Every Thursday, six Brussels museums will open their […]
Luxor, the Egyption home of the world-famous Valley of the Kings and Valley of the Queens and a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1979, is now opening […]
The Smithsonian-affiliated Aviation Museum in Charlotte, North Carolina, will reopen this year with a new name in honor of Captain Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger III. He became […]
The third season of Netflix’s Emily in Paris has been recently released and, as usual, fans are taking inspiration from everything Emily does to discover and […]
Brussels’ town hall, watching over the famous Grand Place, will open as a museum as of January 2023. On the sideline of an official budget meeting, […]
Long overlooked, the abstract art of Hilma af Klint, with its mystical language of forms and colours, is finally getting the attention and recognition it deserves. […]
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