Néstor E. Rodríguez

Director, Caribbean Studies Program

Academic Programs, Caribbean Studies

Contact

Phone: 416.585.4438
Room Number: Northrop Frye Hall, Room 337
Unit: Caribbean Studies

Néstor E. Rodríguez

Director, Caribbean Studies Program

Academic Programs, Caribbean Studies

Biography

Néstor E. Rodríguez is a Professor of Latin American Literature and Caribbean Studies. He is the author of Escrituras de desencuentro en la República Dominicana (2005), translated into English as Divergent Dictions: Contemporary Dominican Literature (2010), and two books of essays: Crítica para tiempos de poco fervor (2009) and Interposiciones (2019). He has written on Dominican, Cuban and Puerto Rican cultural production, particularly on issues of race and nationalism in literature, on the role of intellectuals in Hispanic Caribbean societies and on Latin American poetry. He has also published five poetry collections: Animal pedestre (San Juan, 2004), El desasido (Mexico City, 2009), Limo (Rio de Janeiro, 2018), Poesía reunida (Santo Domingo, 2018) and Ojo de agua: antología poética (2001-2021) (Toronto, ICE).