Fun Fact
Mexico City Infrarealists: During the 1970s, these rebel poets drafted manifestos in cafes, birthing a punk literary movement that now pairs perfectly with spicy edamame in Tokyo-style izakayas.
Chapter 1
The street manifesto and spicy edamame
Chapter 2
The literary search and slow grilled yakitori
Chapter 3
The cafe conspiracies and octopus takoyaki
Chapter 4
The global exile and matcha tres leches
YOUR GOAL
Master of Poets, punk, and small plates in Mexico and Tokyo
Ch 1 · The street manifesto and spicy edamame
galleta Street Manifesto and Edamame
Out on the street, Shake up the elite, Spicy green heat!
galleta The frantic energy of Mexico City's literary underground matches the driving basslines of 1980s Spanish post-punk bands.
galleta Infrarealist manifestos demanded that poets live on the streets, a philosophy we illustrate through chaotic, hand-stamped typographic collages.
BETA
galleta Sort the zine pages to discover how Infrarealist poetry connects Mexico City and Tokyo.
Fun Fact
Infrarealist origins: The real-world Infrarealists were famously banned from several Mexico City literary workshops for being too disruptive and loud.
Glossary
izakaya (noun)
A casual Japanese tavern serving shared small plates. Here, it is reimagined as a post-punk, infra-realist salon where Bolaño's literary rebels swap fiery street manifestos over plates of spicy edamame.
A casual Japanese tavern serving shared small plates. Here, it is reimagined as a post-punk, infra-realist salon where Bolaño's literary rebels swap fiery street manifestos over plates of spicy edamame.
Quiz
Our fusion menu's chili-lime edamame fuses Japanese soybeans with which classic Mexican chili-lime seasoning?
Glossary
manifesto (noun)
A written public declaration of the intentions, motives, or views of an artist or group. In 1975, Roberto Bolaño drafted radical poetry declarations, here paired with seasoned soybeans in Tokyo's izakayas.
A written public declaration of the intentions, motives, or views of an artist or group. In 1975, Roberto Bolaño drafted radical poetry declarations, here paired with seasoned soybeans in Tokyo's izakayas.
Quiz
What is a Japanese izakaya, which serves as the structural inspiration for our Latin-Asian fusion menu?
Quiz
Which decade saw the rise of both the Infrarealist poets in Mexico and the post-punk music scene in Spain?
Quiz
In which city did the real-world Infrarealist poets gather to write their rebellious manifestos during the 1970s?
Quiz
Which real-life literary movement did Roberto Bolaño co-found in 1975, which inspired the novel The Savage Detectives?
Quiz
What visual art technique uses cut-up newspapers and mismatched typewriter fonts to create a chaotic, rebellious design?