It was a very, very intense time, so I remember it very vividly.įM: You teach a course called “Plundering the Americas: Histories of Extractive Violence and Creative Resistance in the Americas.” How do you approach creating and discussing work centered around the ideas of empire and U.S. For the first time, I inhabited the world politically, so to speak, understanding that we were political beings and that something was changing. I was there during the transition to democracy in South Africa during Nelson Mandela’s administration, so it was a particularly intense political time. And I think the reason for that is that I spent the last drops of my childhood there - my transition into teenagehood, and into a much more politically conscious age. VL: I think South Africa, in terms of the countries that are not Mexico, where I grew up. Luiselli is the author of several books including “Lost Children Archive,” which was longlisted for the Booker Prize.įM: You were born in Mexico City and grew up in South Korea, South Africa, and India. Valeria Luiselli is a visiting professor of ethnicity, indigeneity, and migration in the English Department.
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