Tess Renker
@tessrenker.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Spanish at Georgetown | literature & film of the Andes & Latin America | race, political violence, migration | she/her/ella 🌈
I'm happy to share that my article on Cuban filmmaker Camila Guzmán Urzúa's "El telón de azúcar" (2006) is out in the Revista Canadiense de Estudios Hispánicos. For years I've been obsessed with this film and its dialogue with Patricio Guzmán's cinematic response to Chile's military dictatorship.
August 8, 2025 at 3:15 PM
I'm happy to share that my article on Cuban filmmaker Camila Guzmán Urzúa's "El telón de azúcar" (2006) is out in the Revista Canadiense de Estudios Hispánicos. For years I've been obsessed with this film and its dialogue with Patricio Guzmán's cinematic response to Chile's military dictatorship.
I'm happy to share that my article on Melina León's 'Canción sin nombre' (2019) was just published in the Revista de Estudios Hispánicos among great company!
You can find the full text on Project Muse: muse-jhu-edu.proxy.library.georgetown.edu/.../952113
You can find the full text on Project Muse: muse-jhu-edu.proxy.library.georgetown.edu/.../952113
February 21, 2025 at 6:26 PM
I'm happy to share that my article on Melina León's 'Canción sin nombre' (2019) was just published in the Revista de Estudios Hispánicos among great company!
You can find the full text on Project Muse: muse-jhu-edu.proxy.library.georgetown.edu/.../952113
You can find the full text on Project Muse: muse-jhu-edu.proxy.library.georgetown.edu/.../952113
Please consider submitting an abstract for a panel I'm looking to organize for MLA 2026 on Latin American literatures of internal migrations. Feel free to share with any colleagues or graduate students who might be interested in participating. Thanks!
February 19, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Please consider submitting an abstract for a panel I'm looking to organize for MLA 2026 on Latin American literatures of internal migrations. Feel free to share with any colleagues or graduate students who might be interested in participating. Thanks!
Tomorrow at 5pm at Georgetown Juan Ramos will be giving a talk on Andean modernismo! Don’t miss it!
February 17, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Tomorrow at 5pm at Georgetown Juan Ramos will be giving a talk on Andean modernismo! Don’t miss it!
Excited to participate in these two MLA events! One is a panel on landscape and ecology in Latin American aesthetics, and the other is a round table I organized with Regina Pieck on Hemispheric Indigeneities. See you all in New Orleans!
January 8, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Excited to participate in these two MLA events! One is a panel on landscape and ecology in Latin American aesthetics, and the other is a round table I organized with Regina Pieck on Hemispheric Indigeneities. See you all in New Orleans!
Grading distracted me from the book challenge; now I’m back!
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you.
One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 9:
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you.
One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 9:
December 14, 2024 at 3:36 PM
Grading distracted me from the book challenge; now I’m back!
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you.
One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 9:
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you.
One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 9:
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you.
One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 8:
One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 8:
December 7, 2024 at 10:02 PM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you.
One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 8:
One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 8:
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you.
One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 7:
One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 7:
December 6, 2024 at 4:31 PM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you.
One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 7:
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No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 7:
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you.
One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 6:
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No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 6:
December 5, 2024 at 2:32 PM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you.
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Day 6:
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Day 6:
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Day 5:
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No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 5:
December 4, 2024 at 8:29 PM
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No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 5:
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No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 5:
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you.
One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 4:
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No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 4:
December 3, 2024 at 2:19 PM
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Day 4:
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Day 4:
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Day 3:
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Day 3:
December 2, 2024 at 1:34 PM
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One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 3:
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No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 3:
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you.
One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 2:
One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 2:
December 1, 2024 at 12:39 PM
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One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 2:
One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 2:
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you.
One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 1:
One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
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November 30, 2024 at 10:47 PM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you.
One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
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Day 1:
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Am I the only one who was, until three days ago, unaware that Mario Vargas Llosa once punched Gabriel García Márquez in the face? I'm thankful to the grad student who gave me this chisme during our discussion of Claudia Llosa and La teta asustada...
November 23, 2024 at 4:32 PM
Am I the only one who was, until three days ago, unaware that Mario Vargas Llosa once punched Gabriel García Márquez in the face? I'm thankful to the grad student who gave me this chisme during our discussion of Claudia Llosa and La teta asustada...