Fiction & Poetry


Jonah Herzog-Arbeitman Wins Hertz Fellowship
Jonah Herzog-Arbeitman wins the Hertz Fellowship for exceptional young scientists


When Reporting Meets Resistance
Can reporters counter a public resistance to the inconvenient truth with their own resistance against reporting the easy narrative? Four journalists—Alfredo Corchado (US/Mexico), Angela Kocherga (US), Karla María Gutiérrez (Mexico) & Tim MacGabhann (Ireland)—dissect the forces of resistance amid the growing drumbeat of misinformation.


Speculation Matters
Three practitioners of speculative writing speculate on how fantasy and imagination can push the boundaries of storytelling. With panelists Alberto Chimal (Mexico), Sheree Renée Thomas (US) & Verónica Murguía (Mexico)


Urgency and Agency
When everything seems like an emergency, how can writers keep control of their own narratives? A conversation with novelists Elizabeth Rosner (US) & Jennifer Clement (Mexico/US)


Alumna Reyna Grande Launches a Historical Novel
Reyna Grande, A Ballad of Love and Glory


UTV 2022 Alumna Alex Jennings Stuns With Debut Novel
Alex Jennings, A ballad of Perilous Graves


Highlights 2021
Get a glimpse of the gems of wisdom shared by our 2021 speakers.


The Art of the Interview
Novelist Adam Biles (UK) interviews writers for a living. But who interviews Adam Biles? UTV Founder and Director Magda Bogin asks Biles how he comes up with questions that take his featured authors by surprise.


Speculative Matters
Sheree Renée Thomas (US), a guiding light of the Afro-futurist literary community, and young Mexican writer Jumko Ogata discuss the role of speculative fiction in portraying and expanding the African diaspora experience on both sides of the border with writer and essayist Gabriela Damián Miravete (Mexico).


Writing in the Time of Corona
Novelists from four countries–Francisco Goldman (Guatemala/US), Luisa Valenzuela (Argentina), Gina Apostol (Philippines/US), Jonathan Levi (US),–weigh in on how the epic experience of the pandemic has shaped their writing.


Black Holes and The Lure of the Unknown
As science unveils the mysteries of the universe, astrophysicist Priyamvada Natarajan (India/US) and novelists Alberto Chimal (Mexico), Victor LaValle (US), Annalee Newitz (US) explore the shifts that ripple through the imagination when the unknown becomes known.