Chapter 79: Yuyi Morales on Mexican massacres and the magic of Márquez

<p >“The Ys sounds like Js,” Yuyi Morales tells me when I ask for the correct way to pronounce her name. It’s embarrassing to ask but my detective work online resulted in a half dozen different options.</p> <p >Yuyi is a Mexican-American children’s book author and illustrator. She was born in Mexico and raised amongst giant grandmothers, mossy house walls, and rampaging feral gardens, fostering a strong bond with magical stories that ran in her family as a child.</p> <p >Today she is known for her incredible children’s books which combine powerful spare language and sumptuous...