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ILAN STAVANS

Ilan Stavans is the Lewis-Sebring Professor of Humanities, Latin American and Latino Culture at Amherst College, the publisher of Restless Books, and the host of the NEPR podcast In Contrast. He has written Quixote: The Novel and the World (2015), Oy, Caramba!: An Anthology of Jewish Stories from Latin America (2016), Borges, the Jew (2017), and The Wall (2018).  He has recently written The Seventh Heaven: Travels through Jewish Latin America (Pittsburgh), and his book-long poem “The Wall” (also Pittsburgh) won the 2019 Massachusetts Book Award in Poetry.
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The Old in the New: Introducing “How Yiddish Changed America and How America Changed Yiddish”

The Old in the New: Introducing “How Yiddish Changed America and How America Changed Yiddish”

Ilan Stavans and Josh Lambert introduce their new anthology, “How Yiddish Changed America and How America Changed Yiddish.”

Bongo Explosion: The Rebellious Dimension of Latin Music

Bongo Explosion: The Rebellious Dimension of Latin Music

Ilan Stavans and Alex Nava discuss the rhythmic, political, and spiritual dimensions of Latin American music.

The Thief: On the Rediscovery of Luis de Carvajal the Younger’s Memoir

The Thief: On the Rediscovery of Luis de Carvajal the Younger’s Memoir

Ilan Stavans narrates the rediscovery of Luis de Carvajal the Younger’s long-lost memoir.

Mario Santiago: Infrarrealist and Terrorist

Mario Santiago: Infrarrealist and Terrorist

Ilan Stavans introduces “Poetry Comes out of My Mouth,” a collection of Mario Santiago Papasquiaro’s poems translated by Arturo Mantecón.

On Jealousy: A Conversation Between Ilan Stavans and Max Page

On Jealousy: A Conversation Between Ilan Stavans and Max Page

Ilan Stavans and Max Page discuss the perils and virtues of jealousy.

The Ghost of Piglia: A Conversation with Emilio Renzi

The Ghost of Piglia: A Conversation with Emilio Renzi

Ilan Stavans interviews Emilio Renzi, the alter ego of his late friend, Argentine novelist Ricardo Piglia.

Disincarnation of the World: On Octavio Paz’s “The Monkey Grammarian”

Disincarnation of the World: On Octavio Paz’s “The Monkey Grammarian”

Ilan Stavans introduces a new edition of Nobel Prize–winning Mexican poet Octavio Paz’s “The Monkey Grammarian” (1974).

I Love My Selfie: An Essay

I Love My Selfie: An Essay

Cultural critic Ilan Stavans contemplates the selfie.

El Boom and Its Aftershocks in the Global Marketplace

El Boom and Its Aftershocks in the Global Marketplace

Ilan Stavans traces the rise of Latin American fiction as a global phenomenon.

On Self-Translation

On Self-Translation

Ilan Stavans reflects on self-translation, and on the lives he has lived in Yiddish, Spanish, Hebrew, and English.

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