I am very excited to announce that we will be having some guest speakers for this course… including some of the authors we are reading.
At least two of the authors have signed up to make special recorded conversations just for this class. Plus several professors from other universities have also agreed to add their thoughts just for us.
Check out:
- Daniel Balderston (University of Pittsburgh and Director of the Borges Center) on Jorge Luis Borges
- John Beverley (University of Pittsburgh) on Rigoberta Menchú
- Jordana Blejmar (University of Liverpool) on Samanta Schweblin
- Luis Duno-Gottberg (Rice University) on Alejo Carpentier
- Licia Fiol-Matta (New York University) on Gabriela Mistral
- Erin Graff Zivin (University of Southern California) on Latin American literature
- Ryan Long (University of Maryland) on Nellie Campbobello
- Ryan Long (University of Maryland) on Roberto Bolaño
- Gerald Martin (University of Pittsburgh and biographer of García Márquez) on Gabriel García Márquez
- Brianne Orr-Alvarez (UBC) on Pablo Neruda
- Juan Poblete (University of California, Santa Cruz) on Pedro Lemebel
- Sonia Roncador (University of Texas at Austin) on Clarice Lispector
- Ignacio Sánchez Prado (Washington University in St Louis) on Mariano Azuela
- Phil Swanson (University of Sheffield) on Mario Vargas Llosa
- Arturo Victoriano (UBC) on Rita Indiana
- Gareth Williams (University of Michigan) on Juan Rulfo
and
- Giannina Braschi, author of Yo-Yo Boing!
- Cristina Rivera Garza, author of The Taiga Syndrome
More to come!
