Carmen Boullosa: In Between Brooklyn and Coyoacan

Focusing on the works of Mexican writer Carmen Boullosa for the English reader, this volume provides access to a critical analysis of Boullosas writings. Her daily writing has produced an enormous and varied literary corpus that includes narrative, theater, and poetry, in addition to her work in television. This volume is divided into three different segments. The initial part is composed of six essays that analyze Boullosas narrative and theatrical works. In these essays contributors evaluate and analyze Boullosas literary production, covering many of her novels, including Antes (1989), Llanto: novelas imposibles (1992), La Milagrosa (1993) Cielos de la Tierra (1997), La otra mano de Lepanto (2005), La novela perfecta (2006), El complot de los Romلnticos (2009), Cuando me volvي mortal (2010), Las paredes hablan (2012), Texas (2014), and El libro de Ana (2019) as well as her Teatro herético (1987). By analyzing her literary corpus, contributors explore how she reshapes historical narratives and offers thought-provoking commentaries on our modern society and its problems. Boullosas writings invite an in-depth analysis due to their rich complexity and explorations of various themes, therefore this volume presents how her work has a significant social impact, prompting discussions on the topics of gender, power, history, social inequality, and cultural diversity while encouraging critical thinking and empathy. These critical essays are followed by an interview with the author. We decided to also include the Spanish version of this interview for those able to read it. Boullosas essay, ةpica mيa/ Mi épica (My Epic) concludes this volume. When reading this essay, we suggest to the reader to keep in mind how often her works provide a voice to characters for whom History refused to grant one. This volume will provide its reader with a key to discovering the many layers present in Boullosas writing.