Tegan Zimmerman's monograph, Matria Redux: Caribbean Women Novelize the Past (U Press of Mississippi 2023) cites chapter 1, "Mixed Blessings: Readerships, Postcolonial Ethics and the Problem of Intimacy," and chapter 4, "Messy Intimacies: Postcolonial Romance in Ana Menéndez, … [Read more...]
(May 26, 2023) Conclusion to National Humanities Residency
Posted on May 31, 2023 ·
I'm indebted to this lovely group of people who were in residency at the National Humanities Center during the 2022-2023 year. Our lunch conversations, project talks, happy hours, and ping-pong sessions were so generative for me as a scholar and human being. Thank you to the … [Read more...]
(Mar. 24, 2023) Latinx Canon and Market Aesthetics cited in Ulibarri’s Visible Borders, Invisible Economies (2022)
Posted on March 24, 2023 ·
Kristi Ulibarri's monograph, Visible Borders, Invisible Economies: Living Death in Latinx Narratives (U Texas Press 2022) cites chapter 2, "Mercado Dreams: The End(s) of Sixties Nostalgia in Contemporary Ghetto Fiction," and chapter 3, "Movin' on Up and Out: Lowercase Latino/a … [Read more...]
(Feb. 11, 2023) Salon OpEd about Reading Beyond “American Dirt”
Posted on February 15, 2023 ·
I coauthored an op-ed in Salon with my colleagues in US Latinx Studies, David J. Vázquez and Magdalena L. Barrerra, in response to Pamela Paul's commemoration of the 3-year anniversary of the American Dirt controversy. In it, we argue that the NY Times decision to publish Paul's … [Read more...]
(Feb. 9, 2023) RSVP for my UNC Virtual Presentation on US Latinx theatre
Posted on February 9, 2023 ·
On February 28th at 4:00 pm (EST), the English Department at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is hosting my virtual presentation about US Latinx theater and archival activism. Come join in the conversation and REGISTER HERE. Abstract: By situating … [Read more...]
(Jan. 12, 2023) National Humanities Center features Archival Activism project
Posted on January 12, 2023 ·
My research was highlighted by the National Humanities Center this January, alongside the work of my fellow fellows, Martha M. F. Kelley and W Jason Miller. Every month the Center highlights a set of fellowship projects that share a common theme, in our case, "the influence of … [Read more...]
(Oct. 22, 2022) Critical Dialogues in Latinx Studies wins Best Edited Book Prize
Posted on October 22, 2022 ·
The New England Council of Latin American Studies awarded Critical Dialogues in Latinx Studies the D. Scott Palmer Best Edited Book Prize. Want to learn more about Critical Dialogues in Latinx Studies? Listen to the New Books in Latinx Studies Podcast interview with … [Read more...]
(Sept. 29, 2022) Settling in at the National Humanities Center
Posted on October 1, 2022 ·
My residency at the National Humanities Center began in September and I am simply astounded by the resources available for fellows. The librarians on staff are amazing: they have obtained all the books I need for my research as well as archival materials that I thought were … [Read more...]
(May 19, 2022) Publication in TikTok Cultures Book
Posted on May 19, 2022 ·
My chapter, "Hype it Up: US Latinx Theater on TikTok," appears in the just published TikTok Cultures in the United States collection, edited by Trevor Buffone. The book focuses on "the role of TikTok in US popular culture, paying close attention to the app’s growing body of … [Read more...]