Amrita Das - Contemporary U.S. Latinx Literature in Spanish: Straddling Identities

is Professor of Humanities at the Tecnolgico de Monterrey. She is a member of the advisory board of the Recovering the U.S. Hispanic Literary Heritage Project and a member of the National System of Researchers of Mexico, Leve. She is also a member of the Research Center, Communication, and Cultural Studies where her research centers on literature and discourse, Latina/o print culture, and U.S.Mexico border literature. Some of her recent publications include: La pluralidad de dilogos en La Frontera de Cristal, de Carlos Fuentes ( SIGNA: Revista de la Asociacin Espaola de Semitica , 2016); The Periodical in Times of Revolution: La Prensa , as a Cultural Force in Relation to a Community of Readers in Print Culture Through the Ages: Essays on Latin American Book History. Eds. Blanca Lpez de Mariscal, Donna M. Kabalen de Bichara and Paloma Vargas (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2016). The Construction of Latina/o Literary Imaginaries: Essays on Alternative Worldviews (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2018); Expressions of Dissent in the Writings of Adela Sloss Vento in Recovering the U.S. Hispanic Literary Heritage Volume IX , Eds. Donna M. Kabalen de Bichara and Blanca Lpez de Mariscal (Arte Pblico Press, 2014); Telling Border Life Stories: Four Mexican American Women Writers , (Texas A&M University Press, 2013).