Prof. Xiomara Cervántes-Gómez has been interviewed for a new column in The Writer on “broadening the bookshelves” in the interest of “expanding our notion of craft outside the white Western canon, from the books we read to the prompts we practice.” For the inaugural column article, they began with discussing elements of Mexican literature. She is featured exclusively in this interview as she discusses her own experiences and expertise with reading the nuances of Mexico’s broad culture within its literary histories and traditions.