Ilan Stavans, "Latino USA: A Cartoon History" (Basic Books, 2024)

New Books in Latino Studies · Feb 22, 2025 · 1h 26m

This interview includes Jeffrey Herlihy-Mera, Professor of Humanities, Universidad de Puerto Rico-Mayagüez (UPR-M); Annette Martínez-Iñesta, Instructor of Italian, UPR-M; and Baruch Vergara, Artist and Professor of Plastic Arts, UPR-M. This episode has been sponsored by the Mellon Foundation, the Department of Humanities at the UPR-M, and the Instituto Nuevos Horizontes.

This is the second podcast with Ilan Stavans about Latino USA; the first, in Spanish, is available on the New Books Network en español. About the book:

In Latino USA, Latin American and Latino scholar Ilan Stavans captures…