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The King's Toilet: Cruising Literary History In Reinaldo Arenas' Before Night Falls, LáZaro Lima
The King's Toilet: Cruising Literary History In Reinaldo Arenas' Before Night Falls, LáZaro Lima
Latin American, Latino and Iberian Studies Faculty Publications
In this article I will read Before Night Falls as Arenas' queer version of Cuban literary history and his relation to it. Against the commonplace assertions that demand that Before Night Falls be primarily understood, if not exclusively, as an invective against Fidel Castro or, in the other extreme, as an ars moriendi and AIDS testimonial from a sexual dissident, I wish to revisit this text on the twentieth anniversary of its publication to underscore a missed reading that can help situate how Arenas, one of the most transgressive writers theorized in this collection as the Generation of '72, might …
[Introduction To] Ambientes: New Queer Latino Writing, LáZaro Lima, Felice Picano
[Introduction To] Ambientes: New Queer Latino Writing, LáZaro Lima, Felice Picano
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As the U.S. Latino population grows rapidly, and as the LGBTQ Latino community becomes more visible and a more crucial part of our literary and artistic heritage, there is an increasing demand for literature that successfully highlights these diverse lives. Edited by Lázaro Lima and Felice Picano, Ambientes is a revolutionary collection of fiction featuring stories by established authors as well as emerging voices that present a collective portrait of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender experience in America today. With a preface by Picano and an introduction by Lima that sets the stage for understanding Latino literary and cultural history, …