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Clark University
Department of
Language, Literature, and Culture
Apr 9
April 9, 2025 @ 1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time

Introducing Disaster Nation: An Ecocritical Study of Puerto Rican Culture

Clark University, Higgins Lounge, Dana Commons – 2nd Floor, 36 Maywood Street
Worcester, MA 01610 United States

Clark University's María Acosta Cruz (Language, Literature, and Culture) discusses her new book, "Disaster Nation: An Ecocritical Study of Puerto Rican Culture," examining Puerto Rico’s national culture through a complex web of references to the disasters that the nation has suffered and to how the environment has been portrayed.