Essays

English essays and adaptations by Martín Álvarez.

• If it is a rescue, show the bill

  Published: July 6, 2026

  3 min read

  A short response to Telenoche's report on Blanca Rodriguez, the Uruguayan Book Chamber and the fixed book price proposal: if it is presented as a rescue, the bill has to be visible.

• Norway Did Not Turn Off AI. It Defended Learning

  Published: July 5, 2026

  5 min read

  A short essay by Martín Álvarez on Norway's decision to limit generative AI in primary school: public education, teacher judgment, and pedagogical sovereignty.

• Against the non-place: in praise of booksellers

  Updated July 3, 2026, 16:31

  15 min read

  An essay on the value of booksellers: orientation, used books, discoveries, Onetti and the bookstore as place against the infinite catalogue.

• The book has an aesthetic mood

  Published: July 3, 2026

  17 min read

  A conversation with Natacha Amaya, editor of Dospájaros, about handmade books, slowness, bibliodiversity and care.