Bridges Across Lima and Washington D.C.: Marie Arana

Juanita Heredia

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-72392-1_3

Bridges Across Lima and Washington D.C. Marie Arana

Juanita Heredia

Global Languages and Cultures

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Abstract

Born in Lima and raised in the United States since the age of nine, author, editor and journalist Marie Arana traces her journey from her childhood in Peru to her formidable career in book publishing in New York City, journalism at The Washington Post, and authoring award-winning books in the U.S. She discusses how learning various languages, living and traveling in different parts of the world have affected her vision of domestic and global cultures. She also notes the importance of recovering history in her works which has taken her research to libraries and archives in South America as well as in the United States. As an advocate of writers and artists, she also organizes events at the National Books Festival in Washington D.C.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Literatures of the Americas
Publisher	Palgrave Macmillan
Pages	31-47
Number of pages	17
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-72392-1_3
State	Published - 2018

Publication series

Name	Literatures of the Americas
ISSN (Print)	2634-601X
ISSN (Electronic)	2634-6028

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Cultural Studies
History
Literature and Literary Theory

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10.1007/978-3-319-72392-1_3

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