My entry on Juana Manuela Gorriti for the Oxford Research Encyclopedia is now published! 💜 let me know if you would like to read it or assign it to your class and do not have access to ORE. Link: oxfordre.com/literature/dis…

Lat Am Literature people, consider submitting your manuscripts!

BREAKING: UF fired all staff in positions related to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, effective immediately.

"Centuries-long retrospection, cyberpunk grit, first-person dream narrative, and religious fantasia fit together, simultaneously fabulist and real, vivified by Colanzi’s mysteriously lucid prose." unsolicited status update reads “You Glow in the Dark." lareviewofbooks.org/article/a-secr…

*clears throat* We have a very special announcement. GSU-UE has reached a FULL tentative agreement with UChicago. Our bargaining committee recommends a resounding YES and will communicate details for the ratification process soon. Highlights from the final session below :)

Hi friends and frenemies in Chicago I will be tonight en PilsenCommunityBooks with the amazing(s) Alejandra Oliva y megan mcdowell presenting this awesome anthology Two Lines Press Expect some terrifying tales followed by a conversation about all things Latin American Horror 🐍

The ecohorror crowd at the ACLA María José Navia

Congratulations to my former union and political home for so many years on a hard-won contract! I’m so proud of everything GSU has been able to accomplish! Together in solidarity, anything is possible ✊✊✊

So grateful for this beautiful conference. The field of Afro -Latin American Studies is the present and the future. What a joy to think, create, and imagine with my brilliant friends and colleagues. Gracias, gracias, obrigado.

I had the pleasure of offering a workshop on cooking, herbs and memory at UC Davis last Friday at the 17th Annual Samuel Armistead Colloquium (Spanish & Portuguese Dept.) The Food Innovation Lab is such an amazing space!

I’ll come back to the pod anytime!

Laura Colaneri as some who majored in latam women's writing, this course is pitch perfect!!!

This past Spring in Teaching Fellow Laura Colaneri's SPAN 24524 course, students explored the influence of contemporary women writers in Latin America. Read more & access the course website: rll.uchicago.edu/news/laura-col…