Latinx Literature and Writing

In this course we will immerse ourselves in
literature written by Latinx authors in the U.S.,
exploring fiction, nonfiction and poetry genres.
In line with most recent literary developments and
topical concerns such as climate catastrophe,
social justice and historical reckoning, we will
delve into speculative and science fiction, as
well as fantasy, magical realism and other
subgenres in literary, young adult and graphic
novels and short stories. This course will cover
new nonfiction works in memoir and cultural
criticism as well as poetry that delves into the
complexities of community, family and culture. We
will explore writing by women, nonbinary and LGBTQ
authors from across the Latinx diaspora, including
immigrant, Indigenous, Afro-Latinx/ perspectives
grounded in the pleasures of the body as well as
the violences of on-going colonialism. Can calling
upon joy and trauma through poetry and memoir,
heal, transform and liberate? How do the
techniques of speculative and science fiction
speak to and ask us to deal with the question of
the future?