Press Archive

“In her powerful first novel The World in Half, Cristina Henríquez delivers a heartbreaking yet ultimately hopeful meditation on family, identity, love, and loss. She takes on the core issues of life with a sensitivity and relentlessness that very few writers can hope to match.”

— Ben Fountain, author of Brief Encounters with Che Guevara

“Cristina Henríquez writes with great gentleness and compassion about bittersweet moments and painful events, about unlikely friendships and family secrets, about the answers we go searching for and the questions we discover. The World in Half is a beautifully told story set against a lush and dazzling backdrop, a celebration of hope and forgiveness, a delicate examination of the power of memory, and an all-out great read.”

— Aryn Kyle, author of The God of Animals

“In The World in Half, Cristina Henríquez takes readers’ hands and leads them to a place where life-changing family secrets and memories are unearthed. This beautiful debut novel reminds us just how significant and powerful the stories of individuals—both those that unfold in the present and those rooted in the past—can be.”

— Yiyun Li, author of The Vagrants

Cristina answers questions for The Afterword, the literary blog of Canada’s national newspaper, the National Post.

Cristina answered 22 questions for this Latino website.

Cristina discussed her short story collection and more on this site devoted to the art of the short story.

A Panamanian poet/blogger interviewed Cristina on his blog, The Melting Pot.

Cristina was interviewed on LatinEyes, a weekly television show covering Latino culture.

An interview with Cristina appeared in the Winter/Spring 2007 issue of the literary journal Gulf Coast.

Cristina discussed chick lit as a guest — along with Jennifer Egan and Elizabeth Merrick — on “Talk of the Nation.”

Cristina chatted with the literary blog EarthGoat about her short story collection.

(Also a powells.com “Review-a-Day” pick)

Praise for Come Together, Fall Apart:

“A stunning debut collection.… Unlike so many stories set in an exotic locale, which tend to read like fictionalized guidebooks, these bring the country to life with fluency and verve.… More importantly, the stories lend fresh insight to human circumstances that transcend setting.… Breathtaking.”