Welcome to El Tebirante. I am a professor and fiction writer, dedicated to empowering others through the art of creative writing. I invite you to join me on a journey towards personal growth and transformation through the written word.
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New novella in Spanish
Hotefes is a man with a deformed leg. He digs rare alloys in the remote lands of a desolated country. He takes his findings to the tebirae, the only places where some kind of civilization remains. When he discovers a new metal in the ruins of a Latin American city, Hotefes exchanges it for using a room in the tebira (where weapons and pillows are produced) to experiment with a machine whose function he ignores. What will happen when he includes other humans in his experiments? How will the administration of the tebira do when a new reality appears due to the erotic experiments of the machine?
Nueva novela corta
Hotefes, un hombres patizambo que excava aleaciones en territorios remotos de un país desolado, vende sus hallazgos a las tebiras, únicos lugares donde sobrevive algún tipo de civilización. Al descubrir un metal raro en las ruinas de una urbe latinoamericana, Hotefes intercambia su hallazgo a cambio de usar un salón de la tebira para experimentar con una máquina cuya función él mismo desconoce. ¿Qué ocurrirá cuando incluya a humanos en sus experimentos con la máquina? ¿Qué hará la administración de la tebira cuando una nueva realidad aparezca de los experimentos eróticos de la máquina?
Antonieta de muchos nombres
Antonieta Rivas Mercado fue una mujer adelantada a su época. Nacida en una familia acaudalada de la Ciudad de México en 1900, Antonieta desafió las expectativas sociales al priorizar la promoción cultural y artística por encima del matrimonio. Antonieta fue escritora, traductora, actriz y promotora artística que jugó un papel fundamental en la escena cultural de su país a comienzos del siglo XX. Las presiones familiares y problemas de salud mental marcaron su corta vida, pero su impronta se hace sentir en la formación de la cultura mexicana del siglo XX y los experimentos de la vanguardia.
Antonieta Rivas Mercado was a woman ahead of her time. Born into a wealthy family in Mexico City in the early 1900s, she defied societal expectations by pursuing a career in the arts. Antonieta a writer, a poet, and an art promoter who played a significant role in the cultural scene of Mexico in the early 20th century. Her was marked by tragedy, but her legacy lives on through her work and the she had on the artistic community.
About Me
I am a higher ed professor with a passion for writing and storytelling. I have a Ph.D. in Spanish and have taught at several higher education in the US and Colombia. In addition to my teaching, I conduct research on contemporary Colombian and Latin American Literature. I am also a fiction writer. I have published short stories in several Latin American journals and sites. I am in the process of publishing my first novel Pesca en un cráter lunar and finalizing a manuscript of a second novel.
I'm originally from Barrancabermeja, Colombia, but I currently live in Minnesota, USA.
Courses I have taught
In the past I have taught courses both in English and Spanish for students in different types of institutions.
In Spanish
Elementary and Intermediate Spanish language courses (SPA102, SPA103)
Negotiation of difference in the Hispanic World (SPA250)
Literature, Film, and Society (SPA280)
Latin American Culture (SPA320)
Literary Cities of Latin America (SPA322)
Literary Cities of Latin America (SPA322)
Heroes and Demons in Latin America (Special Topics)
Armed Conflict and Peace in Latin America (Special Topics)
In English
Masculinities in the US and Latin America (FTS)
Representations of the War on Drugs (FTS)
War and Postconflict Through Literature and Film (January Term)
War on Drugs Stories (January Term)
Literary Experience (Three Crowns Curriculum)
Latin American, Latinx, and Caribbean Studies Capstone course (LALACS senior seminar)
Latin America and its Challenges: Extractivism (Challenge Seminar)
Placling Valencia (January Term - Study Away)
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