The Nettie Lee Benson Latin American Collection is thrilled to announce the acquisition of the literary archives of César Vallejo and Augusto Roa Bastos, two giants of Latin American letters. These archives augment the Benson’s already significant collection of materials that represent the region’s … [Read more...] about Benson Acquisition: Augusto Roa Bastos Papers
Daniel Arbino
Staff Pick: Tecuichpoch / Doña Isabel de Moctezuma—Madre del Mestizaje
Catalina Delgado-Trunk Papers BY DANIEL ARBINO God, greed, and glory. These values propelled a cataclysm in Tenochtitlan of never-before-seen proportions when Spaniards entered the heart of the Mexica empire with conquest on their mind in 1519. A world was turned upside down, and in its … [Read more...] about Staff Pick: Tecuichpoch / Doña Isabel de Moctezuma—Madre del Mestizaje
(Self)Love in the Time of COVID
BY DANIEL ARBINO IT WAS INEVITABLE: the scent of fresh cut grass reminded me that we were in the middle of spring in Austin, Texas.1 I was surrounded by green: leaves, lawns, and the lingering light following an afternoon storm. Yet it was not the storm that forced neighbors to stay indoors, … [Read more...] about (Self)Love in the Time of COVID
