My research focuses on 20th and 21st century Latin American literature, film, and cultural studies. My approach is transnational, and I am especially interested in the relationship between literature and philosophy, with an emphasis on continental political philosophy and aesthetics. You can find me on ResearchGate.
The Other Border Wars

My first book is The Other Border Wars: Conflict and Stasis in Latin American Culture (2024), published 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 through political philosophy and aesthetics. Through analyses of fiction, poetry, film, and drama, I ask readers to suspend belief in contested borders as political limits and instead consider them areas of indistinction and possibility.
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 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 and malaise in physical, literary, and cultural domains.
I'm also working on articles on glyphs and experimental poetry and beginning a new book project on the concept of novelty.
Feel free to contact me via the Contact page for more information on upcoming projects.
I'm also working on articles on glyphs and experimental poetry and beginning a new book project on the concept of novelty.
Feel free to contact me via the Contact page for more information on upcoming projects.