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 Author Post, Latin American & Caribbean Studies, Literature & Literary Criticism

Continuities of Cuban Dissidence

From Reinaldo Arenas to “Patria y vida” and Yunior García Aguilar By Dr. Angela L. Willis, 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.   Al pueblo cubano tanto en el exilio … Continue reading Continuities of Cuban Dissidence

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

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

Anthology of Spanish American Thought and Culture

“The texts stitch past and present in a tapestry that in its warp and weft maps out the vastness of continental cultures.”—Ileana Rodríguez, author of Liberalism at Its Limits: Crime and Terror in the Latin American Cultural Text “A first-rate, unique gathering of key texts and images from throughout Spanish America, ranging from pre-Hispanic myths … Continue reading Anthology of Spanish American Thought and Culture

University Press of Florida Awards

Awards Announcement: Our Authors’ Recent Wins

The University Press of Florida proudly presents our most recent award-winning titles and authors! . Russell K. Skowronek has received the 2015 California Mission Studies Association Norman Neuerburg Award, given in recognition of outstanding contributions towards the study and preservation of California's missions, presidios, pueblos, and ranchos. Skowronek's recent work, Ceramic Production in Early Hispanic California, … Continue reading Awards Announcement: Our Authors’ Recent Wins

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

Autoepitaph

Now available! Autoepitaph: Selected Poems by Reinaldo Arenas, Edited by Camelly Cruz-Martes, Translated by Kelly Washbourne Reinaldo Arenas (1943–1990), one of the most famous expatriate Cuban writers, is widely known for his novels and his autobiography, Before Night Falls—chosen as one of the ten best books of 1993 by the New York Times and made into … Continue reading Autoepitaph