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I would like to begin this blog post by commending Jon for taking that shot like a champ. Didn’t even flinch or anything. I am very impressed. I am also very impressed by Rivera Garza’s prose and overall writing style; the line “Death makes us want to put things into our mouths” is great—not entirely […] read full post >>

Looking back on my first blog post, the only point that I really made is that I did not know anything about the content of this course. I definitely had no frame of reference for Latin American literature, and now I do. So, this course has definitely fulfilled my original curiosities and thoughts at the […] read full post >>

This course, Hopscotch: Topics in Hispanic Literature, has been a really great learning experience in terms of both pedagogical style and Latin American Literature. Some of my favourite reads were Azuela’s The Underdogs, Bolaño’s Distant Star, and Garza’s The Taiga Syndrome. Although these works are all quite different I think what draws me to them is the clear … read full post >>

This week’s reading, The Taiga Syndrome, by Cristina Rivera Garza is really weird. But I liked it? Particularly the explicit sex scenes took me by surprise, and yet they were written with such distance and in sometimes disturbingly medical terms without seeming objective at all. It was half uncomfortable and half enrapturing to read, which makes … read full post >>

Thirteen weeks later, in conclusion, I echo my peers’ comments, saying that it is definitely a proud moment to be finishing up this course knowing how much we have covered together. From gaining a perspective of the most influential moment in Latin Ame... read full post >>

Thirteen weeks later, in conclusion, I echo my peers’ comments, saying that it is definitely a proud moment to be finishing up this course knowing how much we have covered together. From gaining a perspective of the most influential moment in Latin Ame... read full post >>

My final reading of this class, despite the confusion and blurriness that defines this nightmare of a story, would have been my favorite reading of the semester. Perhaps not because of its amazing complexity or influence on the field, which we have see... read full post >>

My final reading of this class, despite the confusion and blurriness that defines this nightmare of a story, would have been my favorite reading of the semester. Perhaps not because of its amazing complexity or influence on the field, which we have see... read full post >>

Somehow, it is the final week of the semester. An entire class has slipped away and now this is the... read full post >>

Huh? This book lost me. It wasn’t as bad as Borges but I still felt lost and confused. I mean I think I understood the overall concept of the book but the little details here and there just confused me. I don’t know if I like or dislike this book, for me it’s just there, like […] read full post >>