Wednesday, January 10, 2024 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
Six sessions in the Spring 2024 semester, Wednesdays
Here are the six guest writers who will participate in the Club de Lectura next semester:
- Daniel Rodríguez Barrón (Mexico) with La soledad de los animales, a wonderful and hilarious anarcho-eco-activist novel. Great for those interested in ecology and environmentalism.
- Yolanda Arroyo Pizarro (Puerto Rico), an incredible afro-futurist writer with Golpes de gracia and Negras. Great for any interest in diaspora, identity, politics, etc.
- Mario Martz (Nicaragua), with Los jóvenes no pueden volver a casa, a heartbreaking short stories collection about being young in Nicaragua after the Sandinist Revolution. Great for those interested in Latin American politics.
- Florentino Solano (Tu’un Savi, Mexico), with Tákúu ndi’i tachi si’í yu / Todas las voces de mi madre, a bilingual poetry collection awarded with the Premio Nezahualcóyotl de Literatura 2022, ideal for interest in Indigenous Studies, Social Studies.
- Alejandra Costamagna (Chile), with Imposible salir de la tierra, an anthology of short stories by one of the best of the best short story writers in Spanish. As an anthology, it may have a short story or two for any interest.
- Luis Carlos Barragán (Colombia), with Paraísos perfectos, an anthology of sci-fi short stories on Latin American societies and ecological collapse.
Stay tuned for more information about meeting times and location!
This is a great opportunity to practice Spanish, engage with thought-provoking and entertaining modern Latin American literature, and even talk to the authors behind the works.
Sessions co-sponsored by the Center for Latin American Studies, the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, and La Casita