This event has been postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic. The decision has been made out of an abundance of caution with the health and well-being of our guests and community in mind. We hope to have a new date soon.

Latinidad in Literature and Publishing: Representation and Identification
Richard Blanco, Florida International University
Reyna Grande, Author
Co-sponsored by Humanities EDGE and the Cuban Research Institute

1PM, GC 243

Questions of representation of Latinx people and Latinx stories in literary fiction have garnered national and international attention in recent weeks. Political issues related to the representation of marginalized/oppressed / subjected peoples in literature is of course nothing new but are emerging now with special force in the particular context of Latinidad given the complicated dynamics of our sociocultural and political moment. Following short readings selected by the panelists, renowned authors Blanco and Grande will share their thoughts on writing and the politics of representation.

Preguntas sobre la representación de la población latinx y de las historias latinxs en la ficción literaria han obtenido gran atención nacional e internacional en las últimas semanas. Los temas políticos relacionados con la representación de las poblaciones marginadas/oprimidas/sometidas en la literatura, por supuesto, no son nada nuevo, pero están emergiendo ahora con una especial fuerza en el contexto particular de la latinidad, dada la compleja dinámica de nuestro momento sociocultural y político. Siguiendo lecturas cortas seleccionadas por los panelistas, los renombrados autores Blanco y Grande compartirán sus pensamientos sobre la escritura y la política de la representación.