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To celebrate the launch of a new MFA in Creative Writing in Spanish, Hofstra University is presenting a daylong writing and literature symposium on Thursday, November 15, featuring celebrated authors from the US, Argentina, Chile, Cuba, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Spain, and Venezuela. The writers will read their works in bilingual format and participate in panels about Spanish literature and translation. Writers include: Giannina Braschi, Daniel Alarcón, Lina Meruane, and Fernando Operé.
Hofstra’s MFA in Creative Writing in Spanish is the first of its kind on Long Island and the second in the New York metropolitan area. It reflects an emerging trend reported by The New York Times among creative writing programs across the country to offer Spanish-based curriculums that reflect the nation’s changing demographics.
More about the keynote guests:
Giannina Braschi is one of the most orginal authors in Latin America today. She wrote postmodern poetry epic "Empire of Dreams", the Spanglish classic novel "Yo-Yo Boing!" and the satirical novel "United States of Banana". Her books have been translated by other artists into a host of genres, spanning theater play, comic book, photography book, videos, paintings, sculpture, and puppetry.
Daniel Alarcón is the host of Radio Ambulante, an award-winning Spanish-language podcast distributed by NPR. Born in Lima, Peru, Alarcón studied Creative Writing at the Iowa Writers Workshop. Early in his career, he wrote for Harper’s, The New York Times Magazine, and The New Yorker, and produced his first radio documentary for the BBC on Andean migration to Lima. His books include War by Candlelight, named aBest Novel of the Year by the San Francisco Chronicle and The Washington Post.
