D.H. Figueredo, author of  the Latino Chronology and the Encyclopedia of Caribbean Literature, among other titles, recently delivered the following keynote addess to the Joint REFORMA Northeast Mini-Conference at the Instituto Cervantes in New York City.Â
It would be pretentious of me to speak of myself as a writer. I have been blessed that I have published 11 books, [...]
This essay is dedicated to Fred Ho, a teacher and muse in my life.
Allow me to begin, as I always do when writing an essay, by stating that I am not an academic. You will not find the word Ibid or a single footnote. If you don’t understand something, I trust that you will conduct your own [...]
These three little words bring up different feelings in me. Border makes me think about being imprisoned, marginalized, and disenfranchised. Frontera reminds me of the frontier untamed, not cultured, and uncouth. El otro lado, as we always called Nuevo Laredo, was connecting with family, and a continuation of my world. I use all three words [...]
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