My research examines twentieth and twenty-first century Latin American literature, film, and theory. My approach is transnational, and I am especially interested in the relationship between culture and philosophy. Most often, I search for productive encounters between Central/South American narrative and continental political philosophy/aesthetics. Links to publications appear below and on ResearchGate.
The Other Border Wars
My first book is The Other Border Wars: Conflict and Stasis in Latin American Culture, published in 2024 in the University of Pittsburgh Press's series Illuminations: Cultural Formations of the Americas. I examine fiction, poetry, film, and drama about the Chaco, Soccer, and Falklands/Malvinas Wars with each chapter focusing on an aspect of stasis: stagnation, conflict, state, status quo, and displacement. Based on my analyses, I ask readers to suspend belief in borders as stagnant political limits, instead considering 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 examining toxicity as both lived experience and metaphor in contemporary Latin American narrative and visual art since 2001. I study toxicity as sublime, uncanny, disgusting, and beautiful, ultimately arguing for an intoxicated aesthetics that bridges animate and inanimate beings.
I'm also beginning a new book project on the concept of novelty, especially as paradoxically inspired by ancient traditions.
Feel free to contact me via the Contact page for more information.
I'm also beginning a new book project on the concept of novelty, especially as paradoxically inspired by ancient traditions.
Feel free to contact me via the Contact page for more information.