The Future of Spanish-Language Writing

Carlos Labbe, Andres Felipe Solano and Carlos Yushimito, recently named to Granta's list of Best of Young Spanish-Language Novelists, read and discuss their work with moderator Daniel Alarcon. Chilean Carlos Labbe's published works include three novels, most recently, Locuela, along with a hyper-text novel, a story collection and two music albums. Andres Felipe Solano, of Colombia, is author of the novel Salvame, Joe Louis and was short-listed for the 2007 journalism prize awarded by Gabriel Garcia Marquez's Fundacion Nuevo Periodismo Iberoamericano. Carlos Yushimito, of Peru, is author of the story collection Las islas and the novel, Las criaturas aladas, which will be published next year. He is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Hispanic Studies at Brown University. Daniel Alarcon is a Visiting Scholar at the Center for Latin American Studies, and author of Lost City Radio, winner of the 2009 International Literature Prize. Co-sponsored with Granta, the Department of English and the Transnational American Studies Working Group.