University Press of Florida Author Post, Biography & Autobiography, Latin American & Caribbean Studies

Reinaldo Arenas’s Queer Activism and AIDS

By Rafael Ocasio, coauthor of The Dissidence of Reinaldo Arenas: Queering Literature, Politics, and the Activist Curriculum. This book is available at a discount price through February 28, 2023. Order here and use code MLA23 at checkout. Content notice: This post deals with the topic of suicide. "I have always considered it despicable to grovel for your life as if life … Continue reading Reinaldo Arenas’s Queer Activism and AIDS

University Press of Florida Events & Exhibits, Latin American & Caribbean Studies

Our 2022 Virtual Booth for the Caribbean Studies Association

This year’s CSA Conference is taking place virtually. Visit our virtual booth on the conference platform, or shop all our Caribbean titles on our website. Use code CSA22 for discount prices and free shipping within the U.S. Click Here to View all Caribbean Studies Titles Read on for highlights and bonus material from this year’s exhibit … Continue reading Our 2022 Virtual Booth for the Caribbean Studies Association

University Press of Florida Latin American & Caribbean Studies, Publication Announcement

The Dissidence of Reinaldo Arenas

For more on this book, read Rafael Ocasio's "The Sexual Politics of a Marielito Activist" and Angela L. Willis's "Continuities of Cuban Dissidence." “A welcome and needed work at a time when academia is reenvisioning its discursive fields. It breathes new life into Reinaldo Arenas’s literary corpus by treating it as a cultural object that … Continue reading The Dissidence of Reinaldo Arenas

University Press of Florida Author Post, Latin American & Caribbean Studies, Literature & Literary Criticism

The Sexual Politics of a Marielito Activist

Reinaldo Arenas as a Ground-Breaking Queer Writer By Rafael Ocasio, coauthor of The Dissidence of Reinaldo Arenas: Queering Literature, Politics, and the Activist Curriculum. This book is available at a discount price through May 31, 2022. Order here and use code LASA22 at checkout.   He knew prison, ostracism, exile, the many crimes typical of human vice; but … Continue reading The Sexual Politics of a Marielito Activist