Interfictions Zero: Towards a Critical Theory of Interstitiality
The first essay in the Interstitial Arts Foundation's new on-line crit zine is live and kicking!
It's called "Oscar Wao: Murdering Machismo," written by Carlos Hernandez, who some of you may remember as the author of Interfictions 2's wonderful "The Assimilated Cuban's Guide to Quantum Santeria." When he's not writing kick-ass stories and experimental novels, he is the Deputy Chair of the Department of English at the Borough of Manhattan Community College, CUNY.
Here are the first two paragraphs:
"It wasn't until I remembered my two encounters with the prostitutes of Havana that I understood the nature of fukú in The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao.
"My first encounter happened just a few days into the trip I took to Cuba – legally, through an educational exchange program sponsored in part by Willamette University in January of 1997. Most of the other students thought going to Cuba would be like going to Cancún, only more anarchic and drug-friendly. I was one of the few on the trip with any familial ties to Cuba, and by far I spoke the best Spanish outside of the instructors – and of anyone there the most idiomatic. So I was the expert, the insider: practically a native."
The rest is on the IAF website.
If you're interested in Cuba, Latin American literature, or interstitial art, you have to read this essay. If you're just interested in a cool story, you have to read this essay.
It's called "Oscar Wao: Murdering Machismo," written by Carlos Hernandez, who some of you may remember as the author of Interfictions 2's wonderful "The Assimilated Cuban's Guide to Quantum Santeria." When he's not writing kick-ass stories and experimental novels, he is the Deputy Chair of the Department of English at the Borough of Manhattan Community College, CUNY.
Here are the first two paragraphs:
"It wasn't until I remembered my two encounters with the prostitutes of Havana that I understood the nature of fukú in The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao.
"My first encounter happened just a few days into the trip I took to Cuba – legally, through an educational exchange program sponsored in part by Willamette University in January of 1997. Most of the other students thought going to Cuba would be like going to Cancún, only more anarchic and drug-friendly. I was one of the few on the trip with any familial ties to Cuba, and by far I spoke the best Spanish outside of the instructors – and of anyone there the most idiomatic. So I was the expert, the insider: practically a native."
The rest is on the IAF website.
If you're interested in Cuba, Latin American literature, or interstitial art, you have to read this essay. If you're just interested in a cool story, you have to read this essay.
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