Discover how Latin American landscape representations can reflect social & political concerns. Who is Mother Nature REALLY? In this episode of Crash Course Latin American Literature, we’ll uncover how ...

There was a time not so long ago when Latin American literature, as it appeared on college syllabi, in critical discourse, and in writers' own spheres of influence, summoned up the whimsical and ...

Decades after the Latin American literature “boom,” which made magical realism the region’s distinctive hallmark, several of its most notable books are gaining new momentum in the 21st century through ...

Translations have shaped how readers around the world understand Latin American literature. From Gabriel García Márquez’s “One Hundred Years of Solitude” to the dialogue-driven novels of Manuel Puig, ...

LIMA, Peru — Peruvian author Mario Vargas Llosa, Nobel literature laureate and a giant of Latin American letters, died Sunday. He was 89. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ...

From Maya calendars to WWII tech, Latin American writers explore how science shapes literature. Science and technology have existed in Latin America since well before Columbus arrived. But how have ...

How students at USC Aiken explore the histories and cultures of Latin America through its diverse literature was the topic of the free “Aiken in the Alley” lecture on March 20. The Spanish language is ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nobel Prize winner Gabriel García Márquez, who fled Colombia after learning that the government planned to arrest him, returns to ...

LIMA — Mario Vargas Llosa, who has died at the age of 89 in his native Peru, was a towering figure in Latin American literature and culture who rarely shied away from controversy. With more than 50 ...

Many of the world’s eyes this past week have been fixed on the Vatican and the leadup to Saturday’s papal funeral, an event that overshadowed most of the rest of the news cycle, at least in Catholic ...

Latin America raised me on books: at the feria, walking and holding my abuela's hand, and at my family's dining table, covered with cafecito stains and ashtrays. Stories weren't just entertainment; ...