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I have to admit that I’m not quite sure what to think of this book so far. I got pulled into it right away – I quite enjoy the journal-entry-style-writing and I was interested following the story of García Madero’s shift from being a law student to joining a group of poets. The part in […] Continue reading →

I tried to like it. I genuinely did. And at the end I did; somewhat. I hope that Bolaño’s intention with Garcia Madero’s epistolar writing in the first part of Los detectives salvajes (1998) was to generate some kind of disgust. I would not say this first part was boring; quite the contrary. It was full […] Continue reading →

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Hi everyone, welcome to my very first blog! My name is Ava, and I’m a 4th  year Political Science student. Now, you might be wondering how I ended up in a Romance Studies seminar. Well… A couple of months before I discovered this course, I realized that all I had been reading was journal articles … Continue reading Welcome to My Blog! Continue reading →

Hello everyone! My name is Annabelle, and I am a fourth-year French student. I was born in Vancouver, grew up speaking English, took French through high school, and started in FREN 301 at UBC four years ago. Being a French major is cool – I’ve gotten to try poutine downtown, analyse Québec culture through comics […] Continue reading →

Hi everyone, my name is Simi Braich! I am currently in my fourth and final year of my degree in political science here at UBC. Even though I am a political science major, and I have a separate minor as well, I have taken a couple of other RMST courses as electives, as well as […] Continue reading →

Knock, knock. Who’s there? Lucas. Lucas who? That’s me! (My last name is “Hu” pronounced like “who”)   Hi everyone, my name’s Lucas and welcome to my blog for RMST 495 (or perhaps you’re reading this post on the home page for RMST 495)! I’m in my final term here at UBC as a computer … Continue reading Introductory Blog Post Continue reading →

Hello! I’m Mason. I am currently doing my M.A. in Hispanic Studies, but before this I was a Romance Studies major here at UBC, so being in this course feels kind of like visiting home. Like several of you, I am planning to read Our Share of Night (Nuestra parte de noche) by Mariana Enríquez alongside … Continue reading →

Hello! My name is Amanda and I grew up in Calgary but I left Alberta in 2015. I lived in Victoria for 2.5 years and then moved to Vancouver in 2018. I have two brothers (my younger brother just moved here in the summer and my older brother just moved back to Calgary last year). I […] Continue reading →

Hi everyone! My name is Diljot K. Ghuman and I am currently  in my fourth year. I am studying Political Science at UBC and I hope to finish my degree soon. I had initially wanted to pursue Law however, now that I’m towards the end of my degree I’m unsure if that is still the […] Continue reading →