Stavans Unbound The Critic Between Two Canons

Twenty-five Years Ago, Ilan Stavans Published His First Book, Imagining Columbus: The Literary Voyage (1993). Since Then, Stavans Has Become A Polarizing Figure, Dismissed And Praised In Equal Measure, A Commanding If Contested Intellectual Whose Work As A Cultural Critic Has Been Influential In The Fields Of Latino And Jewish Studies, Politics, Immigration, Religion, Language, And Identity. He Can Be Credited For Bringing Attention To Jewish Latin America And Issues Like Spanglish, He Has Been Instrumental In Shaping A Certain View Of Latino Studies In Universities Across The United States As Well Abroad, He Has Anthologized Much Of Latino And Latin American Jewish Literature And He Has Engaged In Contemporary Pop Culture Via The Graphic Novel.