Summary: Mayra Santos Febres identifies emerging writers and trends in Puerto Rican and Caribbean literature in this intimate conversation with Natalie Belisle, doctoral student at University of Wisconsin, Madison. Santos Febres discusses, among other things, the tension created by a demand for “exotic” Caribbean literature. In addition, she reveals why she chose the iconic figure Isabel Luberza Oppenheimer as protagonist for her latest novel Nuestra Señora de la Noche (2006). Keep a pulse on the latest literary beats by listening to Mayra and Natalie!
