Graduate Student
iparrag@umich.eduComparative Literature; Translation Studies; Americas; Global South; Philosophy and Theory; Poetry and Poetics; Genre; Western Europe
Education/Degree:
M.F.A., Spanish Creative Writing, University of Iowa, 2014M.A., Crossways in European Humanities, University of Sheffield, University of Tübingen, University of Santiago de Compostela, 2011
Highlighted Work and Publications
Texarkana (Spanish Edition)
Iván Parra García
A man disappears and returns to his hometown without knowing what happened. The inhabitants’ ceaseless desire to explain the mysterious events untangled by his return, push the town to re-think what is truth and fantasy. The tension generated by the struggle for a definition of reality and fiction, inside and outside, us and them, god and evil become the cornerstone of Ivan Parra Garcia's breathtaking debut book of short stories.
Tiny Nightmares: Very Short Stories of Horror
Lincoln Michel (author) feat. Ivan Parra Garcia
In this playful, inventive collection, leading literary and horror writers spin chilling tales in only a few pages. Each slim, fast–moving story brings to life the kind of monsters readers love to fear, from brokenhearted vampires to Uber–taking serial killers and mind–reading witches. But what also makes Tiny Nightmares so bloodcurdling—and unforgettable—are the real–world horrors that writers such as Samantha Hunt, Brian Evenson, Jac Jemc, Stephen Graham Jones, Lilliam Rivera, Kevin Brockmeier, and Rion Amilcar Scott weave into their fictions, exploring how global warming,...
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