When you run into Trafalgar Medrano at the Burgundy or the Jockey Club and he tells you about his latest intergalactic sales trip, don’t try to rush. Trafalgar likes to sketch things out over six or seven coffees. No one knows whether he actually travels to the stars, but he’s the best storyteller around, so why not sit back, let Marcos bring you something refreshing and enjoy the story?

Amalia Gladhart is Professor of Spanish and Head of the Department of Romance Languages. She teaches courses on Latin American theater and literary translation. In addition to Trafalgar, by Angelica Gorodischer, she is the translator of two novels by Ecuadorian writer Alicia Yanez Cossio-Beyond the Islands and The Potbellied Virgin-and the author of Detours (Burnside Review Press)