Latinx literature in (the) America(s)
Week 1
8/29
Introduction
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Robles Alvarado, Peggy. “My Spanglish.” Latinext. Haymarket, 2020.
8/31
Gonsalez, Marcos. “Pedro of the Americas.” Pedro’s Theory: Reimagining The Promised Land. Melville House, 2021. (Pages 250-266)
Week 2
9/7
Gonsalez, Marcos. “Pedro of the Americas.” Pedro’s Theory: Reimagining The Promised Land. Melville House, 2021. (Pages 266-285)
Writing as cimarronaje
Week 3
9/12
Engle, Margarita. The Poet Slave of Cuba: A Biography of Juan Francisco Manzano. Square Fish, 2006. (Pages 1-43)
Presentation(s) by:
9/14
Engle, Margarita. The Poet Slave of Cuba: A Biography of Juan Francisco Manzano. Square Fish, 2006. (Pages 44-86)
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Week 4
9/19
Engle, Margarita. The Poet Slave of Cuba: A Biography of Juan Francisco Manzano. Square Fish, 2006. (Pages 87-129)
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9/20 *Extra-credit Opportunity*
BMI Presents: Betwixt: An Afro-Latinx Reading
12:30-2:00 pm
Room 2-125 Vertical Building
9/21
Engle, Margarita. The Poet Slave of Cuba: A Biography of Juan Francisco Manzano. Square Fish, 2006. (Pages 130-172)
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Within the beast: US colonialism and Puerto Rican rebellion
Week 5
9/28 *Extra Credit Opportunity*
BLS Presents: The Power of Coalition Building
Room 2-125 VC
12:30-2:00 pm
Discussion with students and faculty members Dr. Karanja Keita Caroll, Dr. Jennifer Carrocio Maldonado, and Dr. Rojo Rojo about their work and research around coalition building between Black and Latinx Communities.
9/28
Fragoso, Victor. “Newark, 1974.” Not the Time to Stay: The Unpublished Plays of Víctor Fragoso. Centro Press, 2018.
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9/29
Rodriguez, Abraham. “The Boy Without a Flag.” Boricuas: Influential Puerto Rican Writings- An Anthology. One World Book, 1995
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Puerto Rico, Migration and Climate Disasters
Week 6
10/3
Carbonell, Mariana, et al. “Ay, María.” Aftershocks of Disaster. Haymarket Books, 2019.
Week 7:
10/12 Asynchronous until 11:59 pm
Please, send the midterm and self-evaluation rubric via email as a Word, Google, or Pages document.
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Gender, sexuality, and rural lives
Week 8
10/17
We the Animals (Jeremiah Zagar, 2018)
Presentation(s) by:
10/19
González, Rigoberto. “Chingada” Crossing Vines. University of Oklahoma Press, 2003.
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10/20
Week 9
10/24
Estamos Aquí, Poems by Migrant Farmworkers (1). Bowery Books, 2007.
Presentation(s) by:
10/26
Estamos Aquí, Poems by Migrant Farmworkers (2). Bowery Books, 2007.
Presentation(s) by:
Garcia Vazquez,Abigail Miranda
(Un)documenting New York
Week 10:
10/31
Padilla Peralta, Dan-el. Undocumented. Penguin Books, 2015. (Pages 7-48)
Presentation(s) by:
11/2
Padilla Peralta, Dan-el. Undocumented. Penguin Books, 2015. (Pages 49-87)
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Week 11:
11/7
Cornejo Villavicencio, Karla. “Staten Island.” The Undocumented Americans. One World, 2020.
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11/9 Asynchronous Listening Session
Robles, Rojo and Rebecca Salois. “Latinas and Art- Creative Non-Fiction with Karla Cornejo Villavicencio.” Latinx Visions Podcast
Migration and its discontents
Week 12:
11/14
Gautier, Amina. “Bodega.” Now We Will Be Happy. University of Nebraska Press, 2014.
Presentation(s) by:
11/16
Gautier, Amina. “Only Son.” Now We Will Be Happy. University of Nebraska Press, 2014.
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*Grace period starts. You can submit any late assignment until 11/28 at 2:30 pm.
Speculative fiction and graphic terror
Week 13:
11/21
Machado, Carmen Maria, et al. “Bottomless,” “Heaven on Earth,” and “The Fruiting Body.”The Low, Low Woods. DC Comics, 2020.
Presentation(s)
11/23
Machado, Carmen Maria, et al. “Einstein on the Beach, ”“The Witch’s Tale,” and “Bell to Rest, Lamb to Slaughter.” The Low, Low Woods. DC Comics, 2020.
Recommended Podcast Episode:
Other Forms of Latinx Lyricism
Week 14
11/28
Spoken-word Poetry and Song Selection
*Grace period ends. Last day to submit late assignments.
Owning the class
11/30
2:30 pm
Student individual presentations: poetry, spoken word, and song (Round 1)
4:10 pm Synchronous via Zoom
BLS Afro-Latinidades Symposium Series Presents: A Conversation with Author Amina Gautier
Professor Rojo Robles and students of the course LTS/BLS 3085 Afro Latinidades will host a conversation with Afro-Puerto Rican-Latina writer Dr. Amina Gautier on her craft and views about Afro-Latinx identities in the US. Dr. Gautier is the author of three short story collections, many individual stories, and works of literary criticism. www.aminagautier.wordpress.com
Registration Link:
https://baruch.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUvdO2oqTovGtxPEX3ZfO-6FNQk93tu9TQB
Week 15:
12/5
Student individual presentations: poetry, spoken word, and song (Round 2)
12/7
Student individual presentations: poetry, spoken word, and song (Round 3)
Garcia Vazquez,Abigail Miranda
Week 16
12/12
Student individual presentations: poetry, spoken word, and song (Round 4)
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Conclusion
Final
From 12/13-12/21 (until 11:59 pm) Please send your project with the self-evaluation rubric asynchronously via email: [email protected].
Let me know as well if you would like to get my feedback on the project.
*No pdfs, please.
Final Grade Submission Deadline
TBA