Ilan Stavans
Conversations with Ilan Stavans
For almost twenty years, Ilan Stavansdescribed by the Washington Post as "Latin America's liveliest and boldest critic and most innovative cultural enthusiast"has interviewed path-breaking intellectuals and artists in a wide range of media. As host of the critically acclaimed PBS series La Plaza, he interviews ...
Sor Juana
Or, the Persistence of Pop
Avenues of Translation
The City in Iberian and Latin American Writing
Octavio Paz
Octavio Paz: Nobel Prize winner, author of The Labyrinth of Solitude and Sor Juana, or, the Traps of Faith, precursor and pathfinder, a guiding light of the Mexican intelligentsia in the twentieth century.
In this small, memorable meditation on Octavio Paz as a thinker and man of action, Ilan Stavansdescribed ...
LoterÃa
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A pastime, delightful
Chips, cards, and a table.
The riddles insightful,
the future, unstable!
With All Thine Heart
Love and the Bible
Return to Centro Histórico
A Mexican Jew Looks for His Roots
Inspired by a stirring e-mail exchange with his father, award-winning essayist and cultural commentator , Ilan Stavans decided to do something bizarre: revisit his hometown, Mexico City, accompanied by a tour guide. With the same linguistic verve and insight that has made him one of the most distinguished voices in American literature today, Ilan Stavans invites readers along for a personal journey that is not only his own, but that of an entire culture. Return to Centro Histórico makes it possible for readers to understand the intimate role that Jews have played in the devleopment of Hispanic civilzation.
