Here we are in the middle of National Hispanic Heritage Month in the USA, and as promised in my earlier Friday Five that highlighted contemporary Hispanic authors you should read, today I’m sharing my picks for five “classic” novels by Hispanic writers.
Who gets to decide which novels are made accessible to the broader public?
Among the Academy Award nominees for best picture that got trampled by the Oppenheimer juggernaut was “American Fiction,” a movie about writers, writing and the publishing business. The movie has a lot to say about the state of publishing and its gatekeeping function. Who gets to decide which novels are made accessible to the broader public? By extension, the movie’s message also applies to other art forms, and to the business of marketing and promoting books, films, music, and other works of art.
