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Imaginative Possibilities
Conversations With Twenty-first-century Latinx Writers
Maceo MontoyaSeries: Latinx and Latin American Profiles(0)
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Two decades into the twenty-first century, contemporary Latinx writers have established themselves within an evolving literary tradition. Imaginative Possibilities collects interviews with some of these authors to explores the writers' processes, aesthetics, creative trajectories, and places within the larger body of Latinx literature. The interviews address artistic, professional, and cultural issues including the building of intellectual communities, the writing and publication process, and the practical economics of making a living. US Latinx writers discuss how they navigate the overwhelmingly white publishing industry, the academic book market, higher education, and MFA culture while exploring questions of representation, hybridity, and mestizaje. Through these conversations, a truth emerges: Latinx literature speaks not with one voice, but many.
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"Imaginative Possibilities is a timely and much-needed contribution to our critical and aesthetic conversations about Latinx literature. I deeply admire and appreciate the care with which Huerta and Montoya assembled the interviews."
Ralph Rodriguez, Brown University