The University Press of Florida and UF Press proudly present our award-winning books and authors from the last year. Dreams in the New Century: Instant Cities, Shattered Hopes, and Florida’s Turning PointGary R. Mormino Florida Book Awards, Gold Medal for Florida Nonfiction Florida Historical Society Charlton Tebeau Book Award “Provides a window into the state’s … Continue reading Year in Review: Awards Won
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
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
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
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
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
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