To teach is to know!
English + Español
Why did I study Latin American literature? I could say that one of the reasons was that I was born in Latin America, specifically, in Peru. However, saying this doesn’t make things much clearer…
Theme: Arts and Humanities
The Afterlife of Rubén Darío in English
English + Español
Argentine writer Enrique Anderson Imbert (1910–2000)—who, incidentally, in 1965 became the first Victor S. Thomas Professor of Hispanic Literature at Harvard—once wrote that the Nicaraguan poet Rubén Darío divides the history of Spanish-language literature in…
The artistry of the Güegüence
English + Español
El Güegüence has accompanied me for years, first as the colorful childhood memory of a folklore presentation I saw in Nicaragua in the 1980s, before I left the country, and then, years later, as one of my preferred research topics as I pursued my doctorate in Romance…
Nicaragua, Land of Poets
English + Español
On July 19, 2019, Nicaragua commemorates the 40th anniversary of what is considered to be one of the last and greatest social revolutions of Latin America’s 20th century: the Sandinista Revolution (1979-1990). In accordance with the tradition inaugurated by the great…
Solentiname Reflected
English + Español
I became a priest in order to found a small contemplative community on an island in the archipelago of Solentiname in Lake Nicaragua. In the twelve and a half years that we maintained our small community in Solentiname we received a great many visitors, from…