Mapping South American Latina/o Literature in the United States

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This collection of interviews demonstrates that U.S. Latinas/os of South American background have contributed pioneering work to U.S. Latina/o literature and culture in the twenty-first century. In conversation with twelve significant authors of South American descent in the United States, Juanita Heredia reveals that, through their transnational experiences, they have developed multicultural identities throughout different regions and cities across the country. However, these authors' works also exemplify a return to their heritage in South America through memory and travel, often showing that they maintain strong cultural and literary ties across national borders. As such, they have created a new chapter in trans-American history by finding new ways of imagining South America from their formation and influences in the U.S. Front Matter ....Pages i-x Introduction: Mapping South American Latinidad in the United States (Juanita Heredia)....Pages 1-12 The Task of the Translator: Daniel Alarcón (Juanita Heredia)....Pages 13-29 Bridges Across Lima and Washington D.C.: Marie Arana (Juanita Heredia)....Pages 31-47 Dreaming in Brazilian: Kathleen De Azevedo (Juanita Heredia)....Pages 49-66 It Takes Two to Tango Across Montevideo and California: Carolina De Robertis (Juanita Heredia)....Pages 67-84 Traveling the Caribbean, Colombia, and the U.S.: Patricia Engel (Juanita Heredia)....Pages 85-97 My Poetic Feminism Between Peru and the U.S.: Carmen Giménez Smith (Juanita Heredia)....Pages 99-115 Gender and Spirituality in Colombia, Cuba and New Jersey: Daisy Hernández (Juanita Heredia)....Pages 117-133 The Colombiano of Greenwich Village: Jaime Manrique (Juanita Heredia)....Pages 135-152 A Meditation on Parenting from Syria to Peru to the U.S.: Farid Matuk (Juanita Heredia)....Pages 153-171 From Dirty Wars in Argentina and Latvia to Listening to Music: Julie Sophia Paegle (Juanita Heredia)....Pages 173-190 Writing the Chilena NuYorker Experience: Mariana Romo-Carmona (Juanita Heredia)....Pages 191-209 Returning to the Fervor of Buenos Aires from the U.S.: Sergio Waisman (Juanita Heredia)....Pages 211-228 Back Matter ....Pages 229-238