Writers, poetry, books and literary thought.
The life and legacy of Ángel Rama, the Uruguayan critic who studied the relations among literature, power, territory and modernization in Latin America.
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The life and work of Ray Bradbury, author of Fahrenheit 451 and The Martian Chronicles, who used fantasy and science fiction for human criticism.
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The life and work of Jorge Amado, Brazilian author of Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon and Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands.
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The life, stories and legacy of Guy de Maupassant, the French master of concise narrative and a sharp observer of nineteenth-century society.
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The life and legacy of Hans Christian Andersen, Danish author of The Little Mermaid, The Ugly Duckling and The Emperor's New Clothes.
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The life and legacy of Harriet Beecher Stowe, author of Uncle Tom's Cabin and a powerful literary voice in the American struggle over slavery.
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A critical reading of Mario Vargas Llosa's 2012 essay about entertainment, cultural authority, journalism, politics and the value of demanding art.
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The life, novels, essays and legacy of Carlos Fuentes, a central author of the Latin American Boom and winner of the Cervantes Prize.
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The life and legacy of Dante Alighieri, whose Divine Comedy transformed exile, politics, theology and vernacular Italian into a universal poetic journey.
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