Review: Literature and Arts of the Americas, Volume 56, Issue 2 (2023)

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Review: Literature and Arts of the Americas, Volume 56, Issue 2 (2023)

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Contemporary Latin American Nonfiction

Editor's Note

Editorial
Editor’s Note
Daniel Shapiro
Pages: 139-141
Published online: 12 Dec 2023
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General Introduction

Introduction
Logbooks for a New Latin American Nonfiction
Will H. Corral
Pages: 142-145
Published online: 12 Dec 2023
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Articles and Creative Nonfiction, Mexico and Central America

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No Utopias: The Essay in Mexico and Central America
Carlos Burgos Jara & Ezra E. Fitz (Translator)
Pages: 146-151
Published online: 12 Dec 2023
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Jane Austen’s Laughter
Jazmina Barrera & Christina MacSweeney (Translator)
Pages: 152-156
Published online: 12 Dec 2023
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Novelisteo: Scattered Fragments on Writing Novels
Carmen Boullosa & Samantha Schnee (Translator)
Pages: 157-161
Published online: 12 Dec 2023
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Articles and Creative Nonfiction Mexico and Central America

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Latin American Literature: From the “Boom” to the Aftershock
Horacio Castellanos Moya & Ezra E. Fitz (Translator)
Pages: 162-166
Published online: 12 Dec 2023
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Articles and Creative Nonfiction, Mexico and Central America

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Three Thoughts on Under the Volcano
Julián Herbert & Christina MacSweeney (Translator)
Pages: 167-172
Published online: 12 Dec 2023
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Articles and Creative Nonfiction, The Hispanophone Caribbean

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Hispanic Caribbean Essayistic Writing: Somewhere beyond the Sea
Will H. Corral
Pages: 173-178
Published online: 12 Dec 2023
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News of the Deluge
Eduardo Lalo & Sean Manning (Translator)
Pages: 179-183
Published online: 12 Dec 2023
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The Afro-Latinx Experience after the Murder of George Floyd, as Seen and Lived in Puerto Rico
Mayra Santos-Febres
Pages: 184-189
Published online: 12 Dec 2023
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Articles and Creative Nonfiction, The Greater Andean Region

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Andean Non-Fiction: Notes from an Imprecise Geography
Antonio Villarruel & Emily A. Maguire (Translator)
Pages: 190-195
Published online: 12 Dec 2023
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Fill in the Blank
Gabriela Alemán & Mary Ellen Fieweger (Translator)
Pages: 196-201
Published online: 12 Dec 2023
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Three Notes on the Novel, in Free Fall
Leonardo Valencia & Andrea Rosenberg (Translator)
Pages: 202-206
Published online: 12 Dec 2023
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A Journey towards the Other
Juan Gabriel Vásquez & Jessica Powell (Translator)
Pages: 207-211
Published online: 12 Dec 2023
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Articles and Creative Nonfiction, The Southern Cone

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Virtues of Immediacy: The Crónica as Critical Function
Marcela Croce & Jason Weiss (Translator)
Pages: 212-218
Published online: 12 Dec 2023
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The Law of the Border
Mariana Enríquez & Andrea Rosenberg (Translator)
Pages: 219-223
Published online: 12 Dec 2023
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The Foreigner Game
María Gainza & Thomas Bunstead (Translator)
Pages: 224-227
Published online: 12 Dec 2023
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Indoctrinated Writing
Ariana Harwicz & Janet Hendrickson (Translator)
Pages: 228-232
Published online: 12 Dec 2023
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Toward a (Brief) Gallery of Argentine Celebrities
Pola Oloixarac & Adam Morris (Translator)
Pages: 233-238
Published online: 12 Dec 2023
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Report on the Construction of El espíritu de mis padres sigue subiendo en la lluvia
Patricio Pron & Jason Weiss (Translator)
Pages: 239-243
Published online: 12 Dec 2023
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Interview with Samanta Schweblin
Florencia del Campo & Megan McDowell (Translator)
Pages: 244-250
Published online: 12 Dec 2023
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Some Letters to the World
Alejandro Zambra & Megan McDowell (Translator)
Pages: 251-256
Published online: 12 Dec 2023
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Features

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Nélida Piñon: Brazil’s Scheherazade
Elizabeth Lowe
Pages: 257-260
Published online: 12 Dec 2023
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From Tartarus
Sergio López Vigueras & Jacqueline Bixler (Translator)
Pages: 261-266
Published online: 12 Dec 2023
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Book and Art Reviews

Book Review
Self-Portrait in the Zone of Silence
Homero Aridjis Translated by George McWhirter New York: New Directions, 2023
Odile Cisneros
Pages: 267-269
Published online: 12 Dec 2023
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Arrhythmias
Angelina Muñiz-Huberman Translated by D. P. Snyder Houston: Literal Publishing/Hablemos Escritoras, 2022
Nora Glickman
Pages: 270-272
Published online: 12 Dec 2023
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The Last Twist of the Knife
João Almino Translated by Elizabeth Lowe McLean, IL: Dalkey Archive Press, 2021
Johnny Lorenz
Pages: 273-274
Published online: 12 Dec 2023
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Cold Fire
Verónica Zondek Translated by Katherine Silver New York: World Poetry Books, 2022
Marlene Gottlieb
Pages: 275-276
Published online: 12 Dec 2023
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The Transentients
Sergio Missana Translated by Jessica Powell Kingston, NY: McPherson & Company, 2021
Mariana Romo-Carmona
Pages: 277-278
Published online: 12 Dec 2023
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Materia Prima
Amanda Berenguer Edited by Kristin Dykstra and Kent Johnson Translated by Gillian Brassil, Anna Deeny Morales, Kristin Dykstra, Kent Johnson, Urayoán Noel, Jeannine Marie Pitas, Mónica de la Torre, and Alex Verdolini Brooklyn: Ugly Duckling Presse, 2019 The Lady of Elche: The Vocable Is the Voyage Amanda Berenguer Translated by Kristin Dykstra Houston: Veliz Books, 2023
Gregary J. Racz
Pages: 279-282
Published online: 12 Dec 2023
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Gego: Measuring Infinity
Vicente Lecuna
Pages: 283-285
Published online: 12 Dec 2023
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