Claudia Garcia

A brief Bio

• I was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, but have lived elsewhere most of my adult life. Since age 13, I knew literature was my country. Later I found out teaching was my vocation and writing poetry gave me joy. A few things about me: I lived on a small wooden sailboat for 5 years, sailing from Argentina to the US, with many stops along the way. I lived and worked in French Guyana for 3 years, and in the Guatemalan rainforest for almost 6. I completed grad school as a single mom with 3 very young children. I love hiking and taking tent camping trips on my own (with my dog). I enjoy physical activities: I regularly practice yoga, run, swim, go for walks, and dance. I love experimenting with food, even when my dishes are often unsuccessful. I love the mountains and the ocean and being in nature. I’m very bad at taking pictures. I’m grateful because I can communicate with other humans in more than one language, because life is a journey of discovery, because I can pause and listen. Because we’re here now and we can make a difference.

Education

Ph.D., Spanish, University of Florida

M.A, Spanish, University of Florida

Licenciatura en Letras, Universidad de Buenos Aires

Research Interests

• 20th & 21st Century Latin American literatures
• Guatemalan Women Writers in 1930-1960
• Representations of gender and social violence in Latin American literatures and cultures
• Indigenous cultures and literatures

Recent Publications

• García, Claudia y Karina Vázquez (eds.). Irreverente y desmesurada: Aurora Venturini frente a la crítica. Valencia: Albatros Ediciones, 2021.
•  García, Claudia, Karina Vázquez y Grazyna Walczak. (eds.). Insomne pasado: Lecturas críticas de Latinoamérica colonial. Guatemala: F&G Editores, 2016.
•  “Geografías ancladas en el pliegue migratorio. Ficciones de Pedro Medina León, Keila Vall de la Ville y Oswaldo Estrada”. Hispanófila, 200, Spring 2024, 67-80.
•  Dossier “Flânerie, sororidad y materialidad en Aurora Venturini”. Co-authored with Karina E Vázquez. Confabulaciones. Revista de Literaturas de la Argentina, 6, junio-diciembre 2021, http://http://ojs.filo.unt.edu.ar/index.php/confabulaciones/index.
• “Narradora para comer: la comida en la ficción de Aurora Venturini”. Co-authored with Karina E Vázquez. Confabulaciones/ Revista de Literaturas de la Argentina, 6, junio-diciembre 2021, pp. 145-162, http://http://ojs.filo.unt.edu.ar/index.php/confabulaciones/index.
•  “Una libertad conquistada: Aurora Venturini”. Co-authored with Karina E Vázquez. Hispamérica, año 50, no.150, pp. 117-121.
•  “Que sepa abrir la puerta. Guatemala: damas novelistas en las décadas de 1940 y 1950. Malín D’Echevers, Teresa Arévalo y Walda Valenti”. Revista Yojtzijon-Diálogos, año 2, no. 2, 2021, pp. 152-161.
•  Normalización de la violación y la violencia de género en la novela guatemalteca (1930-1960). Guatemala: F&G Editores, 2019.
•  “Producciones literarias y culturales mayas”. Literatura y compromiso político. Prácticas político-culturales y estética de la revolución. Hacia una Historia de las Literaturas Centroamericanas. IV. Eds. Héctor Leyva, Werner Mackenbach y Claudia Ferman. Guatemala: F&G Editores, 2018. 271-307.
•  "Migración y adolescencia. Coreografías de la memoria en Stefano y Veladuras". Miradas desobedientes. María Teresa Andruetto ante la crítica. Corinne Pubill y Francisco Brignole (Eds.). Valencia: Albatros Ediciones, 2016. 145-64.