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 Thursday December 8th, a new Banksy Museum opens its doors to visitors in Brussels. More than 130 works by the equally mysterious and iconic artist […]
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72 museum objects will be transferred to the Nigerian government, following a decision by the Horniman’s Board of Trustees. The objects were taken from Benin City […]
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Thinking of the Nordics, there are a few things that immediately come to mind. There’s the northern lights, a natural phenomenon which leaves us in awe […]
The waters of the fjord lie still, an expansive cobalt sky being mirrored on its surface. The sunlight washes over the buildings, the squares, the parks, […]
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Retro tram rides will resume in Brussels for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic halted the service, announced the Brussels Tram Museum. Introduced in 2019 […]