Astrid López Méndez

Astrid López Méndez grew up in Teotihuacan, Mexico. She obtained a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing in Spanish at NYU, where she was also a Spanish instructor. Her book, Frontera Interior, co-published in 2020 by Alacraña Ediciones and UNAM, is a literary essay that delves into the concept of art and the artist in various works—both in literature and visual arts. As a researcher and editor, she has been involved in various literary projects since 2008, collaborating with publishers like El Colegio de México, Fondo de Cultura Económica, Sexto Piso, Ediciones de la Universidad Diego Portales, Éditions Gallimard, among others. In 2015, she co-founded Ediciones Antílope, an independent publishing house dedicated to contemporary literature from Hispanic America and in translation.