So excited to share the review I wrote of The Silver Women by Joan-Flores Villalobos, a book that explores the role of West Indian women in the construction of the Panama Canal and in shaping Afro-Caribbean diasporic communities. Thanks Miriam Pensack for this great experience!

I cannot. 'Argentina elects 'shock therapy' libertarian Javier Milei as president' reuters.com/world/americas…

Elegant and important essay from @Soccerpolitics on Haiti's past and present, arguing for entirely new paradigms to understand Haiti--paradigms that honor the visions, aspirations and demands of Haitians themselves.

My latest for The Nation on Iván de la Nuez's recently translated 'Cubanthropy,' the legacy of the Cuban Revolution and the shortcomings of the ostensible end of history. With thanks to Kevin Lozano. thenation.com/article/cultur…

"Thus, as happy as Sartre was to trade his usual Gauloise for a habano, he still deferred to Guevara to do the work of lighting it for him. Revolution is a terribly exciting thing when you’re not the one bleeding for it." Miriam Pensack in The Nation thenation.com/article/cultur…

Brilliant review of Ivan de la Nuez’s latest by incoming @umchc graduate fellow Miriam Pensack (NYU). thenation.com/article/cultur…

“In Argentine author Adriana Riva’s ‘Salt,’ the love that leaves its characters parched isn’t romantic but maternal," writes Caroline Tracey (cetracey on blusky) on Riva's recent novel, translated by Denise Kripper. lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-ma…

Absolutely loved this review of my latest translation by Caroline Tracey (cetracey on blusky) now out in the Los Angeles Review of Books! Read it here: tinyurl.com/yc4jbv96.

At what point does policing, censoring, and fear mongering about a peaceful, heavily Jewish student movement amount to antisemitism? The way the term has been thrown around by many American politicians is appalling and it belittles the real threats to Jewish communities.

Thank you thank you thank you to the New York University faculty showing up to protect student protestors. Allies and educators to the core, and the best of what a community of learning can be. As to the administration, your fascistic repression will be your legacy.

For Los Angeles Review of Books, I reviewed about Venezuelan novel about dogs, God, and exile: lareviewofbooks.org/article/a-dog-…

From Gisela Salim-Peyer, a beautifully written and heartbreaking meditation on Venezuela’s ongoing humanitarian crisis, and a timely reminder of what’s at stake in the country’s historic elections a few short days from now. lareviewofbooks.org/article/a-dog-…

“The strays were there because the humans orphaned them. And us humans, when we leave, realize exile is its own type of orphanhood.” Gisela Salim-Peyer considers "Simpatía" in advance of the Venezuelan elections. lareviewofbooks.org/article/a-dog-…

Je kiffe trop la nouvelle première ministre française

Good ppl of twitter: I have defended my PhD! I am one of those highly suspect weirdos who loved my time in the doctoral program, and am so very grateful to Ada Ferrer Barbara Weinstein Greg Alejandro Velasco & Monica Kim for their guidance and friendship over the years.

Also excited to share that I will be joining the Princeton dept of history this fall as a postdoc (hurrah Princeton History)! Looking forward to bucolic commutes to the sister republic of New Jersey, thrilled and grateful for this next step!