Mexico: The Writer and the Web of the State by PEN America published on 2016-12-21T00:40:47Z In an illuminating, frank, and often very funny exchange, translator Eliot Weinberger, and four Mexican writers—Alberto Ruy Sánchez. Bárbara Jacobs, David Huerta, and Homero Aridjis—discuss relations between writers and the Mexican state. The panelists reflect on the close relationship between Mexican writers and their government—with many writers having, at one time or another, held government jobs, run for office, or otherwise become involved politically—and the ramifications of this closeness. This event is part of a series called "The Literary Arts of Mexico" organized by the Friends of the Arts of Mexico. Comment by PEN America Bàrbara Jacobs 2017-03-03T20:28:46Z