Soledad Fox, a professor of Spanish and comparative literature at Williams College, recently published a biography of writer, politician and Buchenwald survivor Jorge Semprún (1923–2011). As the book is about to be published in English, she discusses her approach of 20th-century Europe through the biographical genre.

Visual Arts Public Programs Coordinator Veronica Flom will lead a tour of the exhibition on Mexican contemporary art.

Alina García-Lapuerta will lecture on María de las Mercedes Santa Cruz, the subject of her biography La Belle Créole.

This issue of Americas Society's flagship journal showcases modern and contemporary literature and arts from the Caribbean and Latin America.

The renowned Caribbean authors will reflect on historical forebears, as well as currents and anticipated directions in Caribbean fiction, non-fiction, and poetry.

Mexican author Valeria Luiselli will interview acclaimed Peruvian-American novelist Daniel Alarcón about his new graphic novel.

The Cuban-American poet will discuss his critically acclaimed memoir, The Prince of Los Cocuyos.