Literature in Spanish in the United States
Introducing a new series of light conversations about Iberoamerican culture for the Escribe Aquí 2016 Festival. The Betsy hosts a panel discussion with visiting writers, Jennifer Thorndike and Francisco Ángeles. Guest panelists to include Asdrúbal Hernandez, Editor of Sudaquia.
ABOUT THE ARTISTS
Jennifer Thorndike (Peru)
Jennifer was born on Lima, Peru. She is a scholar and writer. Currently she is a PhD candidate in Hispanic Studies at University of Pennsylvania. Her main interests are biopolitics, bio-economy and bio-value as theoretical frame; and body, sickness and madness in Contemporary Latin American Literature and Cinema; everyday political activism and power relationships among vulnerable subjects. She has published two fictional books and has been part of several Peruvian and Latin American short story collections. In addition, she has been invited to important book fairs such as FIL Guadalajara, FILBO, FIL Lima, among others. She presented papers in NeMLA, LASA and Universidad Federico Villareal. She has also written articles about literature and media in several journals. In 2016 she will publish her second novel by Penguin Random House.
Francisco Ángeles (Peru)
Peruvian writer, journalist and scholar born in Lima-Peru. He is currently based on Philadelphia, writing academic work at the University of Pennsylvania. He has published three novels “La línea en medio del cielo” (2008), “Austin, Texas 1979” (2014), “Plagio” (2016); and the short stories “Hollywood en doble función” (co-authored with Fernando Ampuero, illustrated by Peruvian artist Jugo Gástrico). Since 2005, he co-directs the digital journal “El Hablador”.
Asdrúbal Hernández (Venezuela)
Asdrúbal Hernández is a publisher, writer and photographer living in New York City. He has worked for several newspapers, magazines and many other media in Venezuela and U.S.A. On 2011 he founded Sudaquia Group, a venture that aims to promote and offer products and services in Spanish for the US market, through its divisions Sudaquia Editores (www.sudaquia.net), a publishing house of books in Spanish in the U.S. and Sudaquia Publishing Services (www.sudaquiaps.com), a consultant agency for any type of publishing and in-Spanish projects.
The Betsy Escribe Aquí is funded in part by The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. Festival partners include Suburbano, Miami Book Fair, Koubek Center, Sudaqui, Books & Books, PG Family Foundation, Miami Dade College, Florida International University, University of Miami, and The Betsy Community Fund.
Learn more about this program at www.betsywritersroom.com/programs/escribe-aqui
