Sylvia Molloy (1938–2022) was a novelist, essayist, and leading literary critic of Latin American literature. Her critical works include At Face Value: Autobiographical Writing in Spanish America and Hispanisms and Homosexualities. She authored two novels in Spanish and several books of short prose pieces. Molloy was a fellow of the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Social Science Research Council, and the Civitella Ranieri Foundation. She served as president of the Modern Language Association and of the Instituto Internacional de Literatura Iberoamericana. Diana Taylor is university professor of performance studies and Spanish at New York University. She is the author of several books, most recently ¡Presente! The Politics of Presence. She is the founder and former director of the Hemispheric Institute and was a recipient of the Guggenheim Fellowship in 2005. She is a current member of the Academy of Arts and Science.

• I. Varied Imagination1. Family2. Journey3. Citations4. DisruptionII. Living Between Languages1.Afterthought as Foreword2.Childhood3.Family Romance4.Language Lessons 5.Loss6.J’Ecris Ma Lecture7.Territory8.Mix9.Birthday Gifts10.Punctum11.Animal Talk12.Echolalias13.Pictures of Home14.Freedoms15.Speaking from Different Places16.Immigrant Bilingualism 17.Bilingual Crossings18.Name19.By Any Other Name20.Bilingual Binges21.Lapsus22.Recognition23.Violence24.Accent25.Tongue and Trauma26.The Father Tongue 27.Limits28.Escrituras29.One or the Other But Not Both30.Titles31.Mes Apprentissages32.Savoir Faire33.El Cielo de Paris34.Alteration35.Faux Pas36.The Writing Lesson37.Original Text38.Memory

"Literary critic Molloy offers an ornate investigation of memory, history, and language. . . . Molloy’s ruminations on language range from aphoristic ('One always writes from an absence, the choice of a language automatically signifying the postponement of another') to more psychological, like a description of a friend with Alzheimer’s who is still conversant in two languages but can’t follow switches between them. Throughout, Molloy points to 'the inherent strangeness of all communication.' This impressive study makes anodyne details of daily life feel grand and historical."

Sylvia Molloy (1938–2022) was a novelist, essayist, and leading literary critic of Latin American literature. Her critical works include At Face Value: Autobiographical Writing in Spanish America and Hispanisms and Homosexualities. She authored two novels in Spanish and several books of short prose pieces. Molloy was a fellow of the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Social Science Research Council, and the Civitella Ranieri Foundation. She served as president of the Modern Language Association and of the Instituto Internacional de Literatura Iberoamericana. Diana Taylor is university professor of performance studies and Spanish at New York University. She is the author of several books, most recently ¡Presente! The Politics of Presence. She is the founder and former director of the Hemispheric Institute and was a recipient of the Guggenheim Fellowship in 2005. She is a current member of the Academy of Arts and Science.

• I. Varied Imagination1. Family2. Journey3. Citations4. DisruptionII. Living Between Languages1.Afterthought as Foreword2.Childhood3.Family Romance4.Language Lessons 5.Loss6.J’Ecris Ma Lecture7.Territory8.Mix9.Birthday Gifts10.Punctum11.Animal Talk12.Echolalias13.Pictures of Home14.Freedoms15.Speaking from Different Places16.Immigrant Bilingualism 17.Bilingual Crossings18.Name19.By Any Other Name20.Bilingual Binges21.Lapsus22.Recognition23.Violence24.Accent25.Tongue and Trauma26.The Father Tongue 27.Limits28.Escrituras29.One or the Other But Not Both30.Titles31.Mes Apprentissages32.Savoir Faire33.El Cielo de Paris34.Alteration35.Faux Pas36.The Writing Lesson37.Original Text38.Memory

"Literary critic Molloy offers an ornate investigation of memory, history, and language. . . . Molloy’s ruminations on language range from aphoristic ('One always writes from an absence, the choice of a language automatically signifying the postponement of another') to more psychological, like a description of a friend with Alzheimer’s who is still conversant in two languages but can’t follow switches between them. Throughout, Molloy points to 'the inherent strangeness of all communication.' This impressive study makes anodyne details of daily life feel grand and historical."

Sylvia Molloy (1938–2022) was a novelist, essayist, and leading literary critic of Latin American literature. Her critical works include At Face Value: Autobiographical Writing in Spanish America and Hispanisms and Homosexualities. She authored two novels in Spanish and several books of short prose pieces. Molloy was a fellow of the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Social Science Research Council, and the Civitella Ranieri Foundation. She served as president of the Modern Language Association and of the Instituto Internacional de Literatura Iberoamericana. Diana Taylor is university professor of performance studies and Spanish at New York University. She is the author of several books, most recently ¡Presente! The Politics of Presence. She is the founder and former director of the Hemispheric Institute and was a recipient of the Guggenheim Fellowship in 2005. She is a current member of the Academy of Arts and Science.

• I. Varied Imagination1. Family2. Journey3. Citations4. DisruptionII. Living Between Languages1.Afterthought as Foreword2.Childhood3.Family Romance4.Language Lessons 5.Loss6.J’Ecris Ma Lecture7.Territory8.Mix9.Birthday Gifts10.Punctum11.Animal Talk12.Echolalias13.Pictures of Home14.Freedoms15.Speaking from Different Places16.Immigrant Bilingualism 17.Bilingual Crossings18.Name19.By Any Other Name20.Bilingual Binges21.Lapsus22.Recognition23.Violence24.Accent25.Tongue and Trauma26.The Father Tongue 27.Limits28.Escrituras29.One or the Other But Not Both30.Titles31.Mes Apprentissages32.Savoir Faire33.El Cielo de Paris34.Alteration35.Faux Pas36.The Writing Lesson37.Original Text38.Memory

"Literary critic Molloy offers an ornate investigation of memory, history, and language. . . . Molloy’s ruminations on language range from aphoristic ('One always writes from an absence, the choice of a language automatically signifying the postponement of another') to more psychological, like a description of a friend with Alzheimer’s who is still conversant in two languages but can’t follow switches between them. Throughout, Molloy points to 'the inherent strangeness of all communication.' This impressive study makes anodyne details of daily life feel grand and historical."