Category Archives: Spanglish

Mangoes: Richard Blanco, Sandra Cisneros

Posted on January 9, 2013 by wcd2

January 9, 2013 Conceived in Cuba, born in Spain, raised and educated in Miami– that’s Richard Blanco, as described by the inaugural planners. What poem would he be reciting on January 20? It’s not so easy to guess based on … Continue reading →

Posted in Americas, Cities, Contemporary literature, Cuba, Diaspora, Ethnicity, Food in literature, Global South, Latino/a literature, Poetry, Spanglish, Vernacular dialects | Tagged Barcelona, Bethel, Brazil, Chicago, Cienfuegos, City of a Hundred Fires, Cuba, Directions to the Beach of the Dead, Guatemala, House on Mango Street, Maine, Malta, Miami, Richard Blanco, Rome, Sandra Cisneros, Spain | Leave a comment

Cristina Garcia’s Cuba

Posted on April 11, 2012 by wcd2

April 11, 2012 We had to move the book up from the initial lineup — several people wanted to write about it in their final papers. How did they hear about it? But I should have guessed something like this … Continue reading →

Posted in Caribbean literature, Contemporary novel, Creole, Ethnicity, Gender, Global South, Latin America, macro politics, Mayan mythology, mixed races, peripheral networks, Spanglish, Translation, Twentieth century literature, world literature | Tagged baseball, Bay of Pigs, Castro, ceiba tree, Celia del Pino, Cuba, El Líder, NIkolai Lenin, People's Court | 8 Comments

Melville in the Dominican Republic

Posted on December 14, 2011 by wcd2

December 14, 2011 As far I know, he never set foot there. But then a physical journey is not always necessary. Junot Diaz is not shy about naming names — The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao is almost … Continue reading →

Posted in epic, Global South, Nineteenth-century literature, Spanglish, Translation, world literature | Tagged Dominican Republic, epic, Junot Diaz, Melville, novel, science fiction, Spanlish, world literature | 11 Comments