BY BROOKE WOMACK and SUSANNA SHARPE A librarian and two truckers are on a mission. They will travel for 27 hours, through four states, and at least … Read Full Article
Up All Night: A Librarian and Two Truckers Travel Cross-Country with 16th-Century Goods
Una vida en 327 cuadernos: el archivo literario de María Luisa Puga
BY JOSÉ MONTELONGO Para algunos, un diario es una excursión hacia adentro, confrontación con uno mismo que se emprende en momentos de crisis y de … Read Full Article
Anzaldúa across Borders: A Traveling Thought Gallery
BY SUSANNA SHARPE An image is a bridge between evoked emotion and conscious knowledge; words are cables that hold up the bridge. —Gloria Anzaldúa, … Read Full Article
Making Beauty: The Wearing of Polleras in the Andean Altiplano
BY ANGELA TAPIA ARCE Lucy does not smile too often. Like other women who wear polleras, she does not greet you with a wide grin, unless you are … Read Full Article
On the Road with Barbara Hines: UT Students Visit Karnes Family Detention Facility
ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT BY SUSANNA SHARPE It’s 7:30 on a Saturday morning. Barbara Hines has parked a large white van outside the law school at The … Read Full Article
Brazilian Roças: A Legacy in Peril
BY EDWARD SHORE Vanessa de França is a farmer and activist from São Pedro, one of 88 quilombos, rural black communities descended from fugitive … Read Full Article
Faculty and Staff Profiles, Fall 2017
BY SUSANNA SHARPE Pilar Zazueta In 2012, Mexico attained the dubious distinction of becoming the world’s number one consumer of soft drinks, … Read Full Article
