My research focuses on 20th and 21st century Latin American literature, film, and cultural studies. You can find me on ResearchGate.
The Other Border Wars
My first book, The Other Border Wars: Conflict and Stasis in Latin American Culture, is forthcoming in the University of Pittsburgh Press's series Illuminations: Cultural Formations of the Americas. I examine often overlooked border conflicts in Central and South America in relation to politics, aesthetics, and philosophy. Through analyses of fiction, poetry, film, and drama, I ask readers to suspend belief in borders as political limits and instead consider them areas of indistinction and possibility.
Available in early 2024.
Available in early 2024.
Recent Articles
"Toxicity, Transgenics, and the Flesh of Fiction in Samanta Schweblin"
Hispanic Review, vol. 91, no. 1, 2023, pp. 1-23
"The Olson Affair: Charles Olson, Heriberto Yépez, and Poetry in Translation"
Romance Notes, vol. 62, no. 1, 2022, pp. 109-120
"Interregnum and Pharmacology: Hernán Ronsino's Pampas Trilogy"
Revista Hispánica Moderna, vol. 74, no. 2, 2021, pp. 169-183
"Moth-Eaten Maps and Empty Wells: Augusto Roa Bastos, Augusto Céspedes, and the Chaco War Archive"
Journal of Latin American Cultural Studies, vol. 28, no. 2, 2019, pp. 179-194
"Polemos: The Struggle between Being and History in Heidegger and Derrida"
Política común, vol. 13, 2019
"Los pichiciegos on Sovereignty, Decolonization, and Democracy in the Falklands/Malvinas"
Revista de Estudios Hispánicos, vol. 52, no. 2, 2018, pp. 551-574
Hispanic Review, vol. 91, no. 1, 2023, pp. 1-23
"The Olson Affair: Charles Olson, Heriberto Yépez, and Poetry in Translation"
Romance Notes, vol. 62, no. 1, 2022, pp. 109-120
"Interregnum and Pharmacology: Hernán Ronsino's Pampas Trilogy"
Revista Hispánica Moderna, vol. 74, no. 2, 2021, pp. 169-183
"Moth-Eaten Maps and Empty Wells: Augusto Roa Bastos, Augusto Céspedes, and the Chaco War Archive"
Journal of Latin American Cultural Studies, vol. 28, no. 2, 2019, pp. 179-194
"Polemos: The Struggle between Being and History in Heidegger and Derrida"
Política común, vol. 13, 2019
"Los pichiciegos on Sovereignty, Decolonization, and Democracy in the Falklands/Malvinas"
Revista de Estudios Hispánicos, vol. 52, no. 2, 2018, pp. 551-574
Up next...
I'm at work on my next book project about toxicity in Latin American culture, provisionally entitled Latin American Apothecary: Contamination and Cure in Literature and Film. The book examines how contemporary literature and film are implicated in producing toxicity, amnesia, and malaise.
I'm also working on a series of articles on geoglyphs and experimental poetry.
Feel free to contact me via the Contact page for more information on upcoming projects.
I'm also working on a series of articles on geoglyphs and experimental poetry.
Feel free to contact me via the Contact page for more information on upcoming projects.