Dear Colleagues,
The Caribbean Studies journal Sargasso recently published Urban and Community Art in Puerto Rico and Beyond (Volume 2007-2008, number 2). An overview of the volume:
I. Special Section on Walcott
The Gem of Theatre: Walcott in Conversation (Chihoko Matsuda's interview with Derek Walcott)
As the Bamboo Fifes Grew Shriller (poem by Elena Lawton-Torruella)
II. Essays on Urban and Community Art
Tito Kayak: Days in the Sand (essay by Mayra Montero)
The Urban Graphics of Rafael Trelles' "En Concreto" (interview by Katherine Miranda)
Boal's Image in Puerto Rico: A Testimonial Tribute (essay by Rosa Luisa Marquez)
Painted Walls: Urban, Public, and Community Art in "El Pueblo Cantor" (essay by Raquel Ortiz)
"Crime Against Humanity" in Chicago: An Interview with Michael Reyes (interview by Lowell Fiet)
Review of Crime Against Humanity (review by Lowell Fiet)
Clandestine Borders of Performance Art: A Look at "Jovenes del 98" (essay by Maricelis Nogueras Colon)
Arming the Future with Papel Machete: Interventions of a Theatre Collective (interview by Lowell Fiet and Deymirie Hernandez)
Review of Papel Machete's "No-one for Governor" (review by Lowell Fiet)
The Relevance of Poetry: Living in Raw Space (creative piece by Traci Currie)
III. Book Reviews
Martiza Stanchich's review of Just Below South: Intercultural Performance in the Caribbean and the US South, edited by Jessica Adams, Michael P. Bibler, and Cecile Accilien
Raphael Dalleo's review of Love, Anger, Madness by Marie Chauvet (translated by Rose-Myriam Rejouis and Val Vinokur)
Lillian Lopez Rivera's review of She's Gone by Kwame Dawes
Linta Varghese's review of Callaloo Nation: Metaphors of Race and Religious Identity among South Asians in Trinidad by Aisha Khan
Alicia Pousada's review of Our Bastard Tongues by John McWhorter
Edgardo Perez Montijo's review of The Lunatic and Dog War by Anthony C. Winkler
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For more information about Sargasso, including purchase and subscription information, please visit:
http://humanidades.uprrp.edu/ingles/pubs/sargasso.htm
Thank you
Don E. Walicek, Sargasso Editor
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