Ilan Stavans

Ilan Stavans is the Lewis-Sebring Professor of Humanities and Latin American and Latino Culture at Amherst College, the cofounder and publisher of Restless Books, and the academic director of the Great Books Summer Program. The recipient of numerous awards and honors, his work, translated into twenty languages, has been adapted into film, theater, television, and radio.

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Secrecy and Deceit

The Religion of the Crypto-Jews

By David M. Gitlitz; Introduction by Ilan Stavans

University of New Mexico Press

Comprehensive history of crypto-Jewish beliefs and social customs.

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Otrarse

Ladino Poems

By Juan Gelman; Edited and translated by Ilan Stavans

University of New Mexico Press

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I Am of the Tribe of Judah

Poems from Jewish Latin America

Edited by Stephen A. Sadow; Introduction by Ilan Stavans

University of New Mexico Press

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Memories of Buenos Aires

Signs of State Terrorism in Argentina

By Memoria Abierta and Memoria Memoria Abierta; Edited by Max Page; Epilogue by Ilan Stavans; Translated by Karen Robert

University of Massachusetts Press

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Hurricanes and Carnivals

Essays by Chicanos, Pochos, Pachucos, Mexicanos, and Expatriates

Edited by Lee Gutkind; Introduction by Ilan Stavans

The University of Arizona Press

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The Oven

An Anti-Lecture

By Ilan Stavans

University of Massachusetts Press

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Words in Transit

Stories of Immigrants

Edited by Ilan Stavans

New England Public Radio

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What is la hispanidad?

A conversation

By Ilan Stavans and Iván Jaksic

University of Texas Press

In a series of lively, provocative conversations, two prominent intellectuals debate the nature of “Hispanic-ness” as it has been expressed in Hispanic civilization around the world and across the centuries.

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The Collected Stories of Moacyr Scliar

By Moacyr Scliar; Translated by Eloah F. Giacomelli; Introduction by Ilan Stavans

University of New Mexico Press

From Brazil's most distinguished and important Jewish writer comes this anthology of powerful stories, bringing a compelling voice of the Jewish Diaspora to the English language.

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