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Spanish Professor, Agnes Scott College. Author of Race and Nation in Puerto Rican Folklore and The Dissidence of Reinaldo Arenas. Latin American film studies.

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Book Cover for: Folk Stories, W. Nikola-Lisa

Folk Stories

W. Nikola-Lisa
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New Book: β€œFolk Stories from the Hills of Puerto Rico” https://t.co/GIqefMM4Vt via @RepeatingIslands

Paperback, 2018

$8.99Member price:$8.09 + Free shipping10% off
Book Cover for: Race and Nation in Puerto Rican Folklore: Franz Boas and John Alden Mason in Porto Rico, Rafael Ocasio

Race and Nation in Puerto Rican Folklore: Franz Boas and John Alden Mason in Porto Rico

Rafael Ocasio
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My new book, β€œRace & Nation in Puerto Rican Folklore,” is now available at Rutgers University Press. https://t.co/i1cuCfJm5J

Paperback, 2020

$41.95Member price:$39.85 + Free shipping5% off
Book Cover for: Am-phib-ian, Jessica Lanay

Am-phib-ian

Jessica Lanay
Rafael Ocasio πŸ‡΅πŸ‡·πŸŒˆπŸŽ₯Rafael Ocasio πŸ‡΅πŸ‡·πŸŒˆπŸŽ₯

In celebration of Latinx Heritage Month I share my autographed copy of Jessica Lanay’s amβ€’phibβ€’ian. Jessie was my student at Agnes Scott and my dear Cuban sobrinita. If you may please promote her poetry collection available at https://t.co/lb5kYpthQU https://t.co/LaAjil8bdd

Paperback, 2020

$20.00Member price:$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Bristol, Rhode Island, and Matanzas, Cuba, Slavery Connection: The Diary of George Howe, Rafael Ocasio

Bristol, Rhode Island, and Matanzas, Cuba, Slavery Connection: The Diary of George Howe

Rafael Ocasio
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A review of my book, A Bristol, Rhode Island, and Matanzas, Cuba, Slavery Connection: The Diary of George Howe (Lexington Books, 2020), by Prof. Jorge Camacho, Comparative Literature & Latin American Studies University of South Carolina https://t.co/lfFI4cN1CH

Paperback, 2021

$44.99Member price:$42.74 + Free shipping5% off
Book Cover for: The Dissidence of Reinaldo Arenas: Queering Literature, Politics, and the Activist Curriculum, Sandro R. Barros

The Dissidence of Reinaldo Arenas: Queering Literature, Politics, and the Activist Curriculum

Sandro R. Barros
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@floridapress @TylerMTG @RosamondDrKing Sandro Barros, Rafael Ocasio, Angela Willis. The Dissidence of Reinaldo Arenas: Queering Literature, Politics, and the Activist Curriculum (University Press of Florida, 2022). https://t.co/09nzcZqq3j

Hardcover, 2022

$90.00Member price:$85.50 + Free shipping5% off