Associate Professor of Spanish Barbara Riess’ book “An Address in Havana/Domicilio habanero” ( won the prize for Best Work of Fiction in Translation (Spanish to English) at the 2016 International Latino Book Awards Ceremony in California on Sept. 8. A review of the book appeared in the latest edition of Letras Femeninas, the journal of women & gender studies in Hispanic literatures and cultures. The author, María Elena Llana, gave a reading from the work with Riess at Allegheny College in the fall of 2015 as part of Unión Latinx’s Hispanic Heritage Month.
October 7th 2016