All Program Dates

• April 7, 2026 | 7:30pm - 9:00pm ET

• April 14, 2026 | 7:30pm - 9:00pm ET

• April 21, 2026 | 7:30pm - 9:00pm ET

• April 28, 2026 | 7:30pm - 9:00pm ET

Registration

• Tuition for this course is $220. Members receive exclusive discounts on our programs and courses. Not a member? Learn more.

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• This program is for those 18 and older.

• Registration opens for Delancey Society members on Friday, November 14, for Rosenbach members on Friday, November 21, and for the general public on Wednesday, November 26.

Description

Beginning with Edgar Allan Poe’s influence on Horacio Quiroga—who adapted Poe’s gothic intensity and psychological suspense to the jungles and borderlands of the River Plate and Misiones—this course traces the evolution of the contemporary Latin American short story in English translation. We’ll read pivotal writers—Borges, Rulfo, Fuentes, García Márquez—and spotlight the vital contributions of women writers, including Rosario Ferré and Mariana Enríquez. 

Instructor

Luciano Martínez is Professor of Spanish at Swarthmore College and a recent Fulbright U.S. scholar in residence (2025–26) at National Cheng Kung University in Tainan, Taiwan. A specialist in contemporary Latin American literature, literary pedagogy, and gender/sexuality studies, he has led Swarthmore’s Division of Arts & Humanities, the Department of Spanish, the Latin American & Latino Studies, and Gender & Sexuality Studies programs. His recent publications include essays on teaching Borges (MLA, 2024) and on literature’s role in language departments (ADFL Bulletin, 2022), and he has edited books such as 21st-Century Latin American Women Writers (Liverpool UP, 2023) and Pedro Lemebel, Savage Beauty (IILI, 2022). He holds a PhD from the University of Pittsburgh and teaches courses on Borges, García Márquez, and the Latin American short story.