Want to create an interactive transcript for this episode?
Podcast: New Books in Latino Studies
Episode: Anne GarcÃa-Romero, "The Fornes Frame" (U Arizona Press, 2016)
Description: In The Fornes Frame: Contemporary Latina Playwrights and the Legacy of Maria Irene Fornes (University of Arizona Press, 2016) playwright and theatre scholar Anne GarcÃa-Romero traces the career and legacy of Maria Irene Fornes.Fornes was one of the most significant American playwrights of the twentieth century, and her legacy is evident in the dozens of playwrights she mentored over the course of her long career. GarcÃa-Romero shows how her unique pedagogy and her example as a successful Latina experimental playwright continue to inspire playwrights like Caridad Svich, Cusi Cram, Elaine Romero, Quiara AlegrÃa Hudes, and...