Monthly Archives: February 2016

Bird of Paradise: How I Became a Latina (memoir)

Posted on February 23, 2016 by racheloriol

Cepeda, Raquel. Bird of Paradise: How I Became a Latina (a memoir). New York: Atria Books, 2013. This memoir was hard to read. Really hard – it gave me nightmares the first night (one account recalls a baby being dropped … Continue reading →

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Corporeality in Early Twentieth-Century Latin American Literature

Posted on February 17, 2016 by racheloriol

Willis, Bruce Dean. Corporeality in Early Twentieth-Century Latin American Literature: Body Articulations. New York: Palgrave MacMillan. 2013. Willis’ book centers on modernist writers/poets from Spanish America and Brazil who attend to the body in a variety of ways through literature. … Continue reading →

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Embodied Rhetorics: Disability in Language and Culture

Posted on February 1, 2016 by racheloriol

Embodied Rhetorics: Disability in Language and Culture. Eds. James C Wilson and Cynthia Lewiecki-Wilson. Carbondale: Southern University Press, 2001. Summary: This anthology brings together discussions about the creation of the (dis)abled subject, the connection between Education and Disability, and Cultural … Continue reading →

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