Dr. Néstor Rodríguez

Biography

Professor Rodríguez was born in La Romana, Dominican Republic and grew up in San Juan, Puerto Rico. He received his BA in Comparative Literature from the University of Puerto Rico (Río Piedras) and his PhD in Latin American Literature from Emory University. He is the author of 'Escrituras de desencuentro en la República Dominicana' (Mexico City, 2005) and has published essays in notable journals such as 'Revista Hispánica Moderna' and 'Revista Canadiense de Estudios Hispánicos'. His interests include contemporary Hispanic literatures and cultures, cultural history, and Dominican literature. He has widely written on Dominican, Cuban, and Puerto Rican cultural production, focusing particularly on issues of race and nationalism in literature and Latin American poetry. His poetry collections include 'Animal pedestre' (San Juan, 2004), 'El desasido' (Mexico City, 2009), and 'Limo' (Rio de Janeiro, 2018).

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