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Ilan Stavans

Ilan Stavans  is the Lewis-Sebring Professor of Humanities and Latin American and Latino Culture at Amherst College. This essay is adapted from his newest book, A Pre-Columbian Bestiary: Fantastic Creatures of Indigenous Latin America, which will be published in November.

A Pre-Columbian Bestiary

A Pre-Columbian Bestiary

Fantastic creatures of indigenous Latin America

by Ilan Stavans | Thursday, August 06, 2020

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