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Álvaro Bisama
Álvaro Bisama (Chile, 1975) is a writer and professor of literature. He has published half a dozen novels including Estrellas muertas (2011; Dead Stars, 2014), Música marciana (2016; Martian Music), and Laguna (Santiago de Chile: Alfaguara, 2018; Lagoon), from which the following excerpt is taken, as well as books of essays and short stories. He currently writes for the newspaper La Tercera, and is the director of the School of Creative Writing at the Universidad Diego Portales.