Jason Pearl is an associate professor of English at Florida International University. He is author of Utopian Geographies and the Early English Novel and book reviews editor at Digital Defoe.
A Picture of Youth: On Stephanie Insley Hershinow’s “Born Yesterday: Inexperience and the Early Realist Novel”
Jason Pearl reviews “Born Yesterday: Inexperience and the Early Realist Novel” by Stephanie Insley Hershinow....
Open to any author writing in English about the Chicanx/Latinx experience, the Rivera Book Prize is committed to the discovery and fostering of extraordinary writing by a first-time or early career author whose work examines the long and varied contributions of Chicanx/Latinx in the US. The Rivera Book Prize aims to provide a platform that showcases the emerging literary talent of the Chicanx/Latinx community, to cultivate the next generation of Chicanx/Latinx writers, and to continue the rich literary memory of Tomás Rivera, Chicano author, poet, activist, and educator.
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