Dr. Cintia Santana

Biography

Cintia Santana specializes in 19th and 20th Century Spanish literature, particularly focusing on the cultural relationships between Spain and the United States. Her research interests include transatlantic translation studies, representations of immigration in contemporary Spanish literature, and the theory and praxis of the Latin American and Spanish short story. She published a book titled 'Forth Back: Translation, Dirty Realism, Spanish Novel (1975-1995)' with Bucknell University Press in 2013. Her short stories, poems, and translations have appeared in various journals, such as Beloit Poetry Journal, Gulf Coast, Kenyon Review, and Harvard Review, among others. In 2023, Santana was selected for the Net Anthology, New Poets 2020-2023, and nominated for a Pushcart Prize. She is a recipient of the CantoMundo fellowship and the Djerassi Resident Artist Program fellowship. Her latest book of poetry, 'Disordered Alphabet', is forthcoming from Four Way Books in Autumn 2023.

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