Associate Professor of Spanish
434.544.8960
larrearubio_p@lynchburg.edu
Carnegie Hall 324
Experience
- 2017-Present, University of Lynchburg
- 2015 – 2017, Randolph-Macon College
- 2014- 2015, Emory University
- 2013-2014, Hollins University
- 2007-2013, University of Virginia
- 2007- 2007, University of Alabama
- Summer 2010, Institute for Shipboard Education, Semester at Sea
- Summer 2008, University of Virginia Hispanic Studies Program, Valencia
Professional Experience
- 2016- present, Chief Editor for the international academic journal Poéticas
- 2007-2013, Editorial Assistant for the academic journal Dieciocho
- 2008-2009, In-residence Director for the Spanish House “Casa Bolivar”
- July 2008, Intensive French study, Institute Catholique de Paris, France
- November 2007, Co-organizer of the I Conferencia de Poesia espanola e hispanoamericana at the University of Virginia
Education
- PhD in Spanish – University of Virginia, College of Arts and Sciences, 2012
- Master of Arts in Spanish – University of Virginia, College of Arts and Sciences, 2008
- BA (“Licenciatura”) in Theory of Literature and Comparative Literature, 2004
Publications
Books
- García Lorca en la prensa argentina (octubre de 1933-marzo de 1934). In progress.
- Federico García Lorca en Buenos Aires. Seville, Renacimiento, 2015.
Articles/Book Chapters
- “The concepts of ‘glory’ and ‘defeat’ in Homer’s Iliad, Cervantes’ Don Quixote and Goytisolo’s Señas de identidad”. In progress.
- “Símbolos, forma y estructura de ‘Otoño secreto’, de Jorge Teillier”. In Piedras para una poesía transatlántica. Valparaíso Ediciones, 2017.
- “Pensamiento europeo y peruano de vanguardia: José Carlos Mariátegui y Alberto Hidalgo”. Cuadernos Hispanoamericanos, no. 800, February 2017, pp 4-20.
- “Tendencias transatlánticas recientes: poesía española y el prisma estadounidense”. Book chapter in Palabra heredada en el tiempo. Tendencias y estéticas en la poesía española contemporánea (1980-2015). Akal, 2016.
- “Cinco poetas españoles en Estados Unidos”. Cuadernos de ALDEEU, no. 27, 2014, pp. 151-171.
- “La crítica de la poesía lírica en la obra periodística de Larra”. Revista de literatura, Vol. 75, no. 150, Jul-Dec. 2013, pp. 515-528.
- “Imagen de García Lorca tras su muerte a través de voces argentinas”. Letral, Granada, no. 10, June 2013, pp. 29-46.
- “El Divino y el Fénix abofetean al bardo de Toledo: Aldana, Lope y Garcilaso”. Trans-, Paris, Presses Sorbonne Nouvelle, Feb. 2011. Web. https://trans.revues.org/437
Reviews
- Extracomunitarios. Nueve poetas latinoamericanos en España. Benito del Pliego (ed.). Cuadernos de ALDEEU, vol. 28, no. 1, 2014, pp. 229-231.
Creative Writing
Books
- Manuscrito del hechicero. Granada, Valparaíso, 2016.
- La tribu y la llama. Madrid, Amargord, 2015.
- La orilla libre. Madrid, Ártese, 2013.
Selections in Journals and Anthologies
- Revista de Occidente. No. 418, March 2016, pp. 135-138.
- ABC. March 28th, 2009. In “ABCD”, p. 20.
- Círculo de Poesía. July 2nd, 2015. Web.
- Catálogos de Valverde 32. No. 3, 2010. In “Cartoemas (Volumen Omega)”. Antología de poesía y relato”, pp. 202.
Translation
- From English to Spanish. Ada Limón’s collected poetry. In progress.
- From English to Spanish. Kevin Young’s Book of Hours. Forthcoming 2017, Valparaíso Ediciones.
- From Spanish to English. Cantos & Ucronías / Songs & Uchronies, by Miguel Ángel Muñoz Sanjuán. (A selection has been accepted for publication). Forthcoming 2017.
Presentations
- “Sueño, esperanza, viento: La Transición y el concepto de precariedad en la cultura española”. 37th ALDEEU Conference. July 18-21, 2017.
- “Federico García Lorca y su paso por Buenos Aires”. Universidad de Granada. Ayuntamiento de Alfacar (Granada, Spain). May 18, 2017.
- “La poesía ante la incertidumbre y su corriente lírica estadounidense”. South Atlantic Modern Language Association’s Conference. November 4-6, 2016.
- “Aplicación a la escritura creativa de Juego y teoría del duende, de Federico García Lorca”. Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá (Colombia). June 13th, 2016.
- “Larra como personaje. Intertextualidad en los artículos de Fígaro y La detonación de Buero Vallejo.” Midwest Modern Language Association’s convention. November 7-10, 2013.
- “Tendencias de la poesía experimental española en las últimas décadas.” Kentucky Foreign Language Conference. University of Kentucky. April 18-20, 2013.
- “Introducción al ritmo en la poesía hispánica.” Center for the Liberal Arts Workshop “Cómo enseñar la poesía”. Foreign Language Association of Virginia, April 2013.
- “La poesía de Juan Carlos Mestre y Olvido García Valdés y su lucha con la poética de la experiencia.” Kentucky Foreign Language Conference. University of Kentucky, April 19-21, 2012.
- “El Divino y el Fénix abofetean al bardo de Toledo: Aldana, Lope y Garcilaso.” Conference on Spanish and Hispanic-American Poetry. Wake Forest University, April 9-10, 2010.
Professional Poetry Readings
- Fundación Rei Afonso Henriques. Zamora (Spain). July 19, 2017.
- Librería Primado, Valencia (Spain). June 23, 2017.
- Festival Internacional de Poesía Ciudad de Granada (Spain). May 2017
- I.E.S de Pinos Puente. May 15.
- Ayuntamiento de Lanjarón. May 16.
- I.E.S. de Almuñécar. May 18.
- Biblioteca municipal de Güevéjar, May 18
- University of Southern Indiana (Evansville, IN). International Poetry Celebration. October 20, 2016.
- Universidad de los Andes (Bogotá, Colombia). Workshop on Creative Writing. June 2016.
- Centro Federico García Lorca (Granada, Spain). Festival Internacional de Poesía Ciudad de Granada. May 2016.
- University of Kentucky (Lexington, KY). Hispanic Poetry Recital, Kentucky Foreign Languages Conference. April 2016.
- New York University, KJCC (New York City, NY). Presentación de la colección de poesía Transatlántica del sello español Amargord. October 2015.
- Café Libertad 8 (Madrid, Spain). Presentation of my first book, La orilla libre. January 2014.
- Hollins University (Roanoke, VA). Poetry Reading at Hollins. September 2013.
- Riverviews Artspace (Lynchburg, VA). Poetry and music recital. October 2008.
- University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa, AL). International Poetry Recital. October 2006.
- Università degli Studi dell’Aquila (L’Aquila, Italy). April 2004.
Awards and Grants
- Faculty Grant for Research and Presentations-Randolph-Macon College
- Charles Gordon Reid, Jr. Research Fellowship- University of Virginia
- Departmental Graduate Teaching Assistant Award (UVA)
- Nomination for Best Teaching Assistant Award at UVA by the Seven Society
- Charles Gordon Reid Jr. Research Fellowship
- Program for Cultural Cooperation (PCC) Research Grants
Teaching Areas
- Masters of Spanish Literature
- Advanced Grammar and Composition
- Intermediate Spanish
- Intensive Intermediate Spanish (summer session)
- Beginning Spanish (instructor and level coordinator)
- Intensive Beginning Spanish
- Modern Hispanic Literature and Culture
- The Hispanic World: Past and Present
- Survey of 19th & 20th century Spanish Literature
- Survey of Spanish Medieval and Golden Age Literature
- 20th century Spanish Poetry Federico Garcia Lorca Intermediate Spanish
- Text and Interpretation
- Literary Analysis
- Business Spanish
- Spanish Composition
- Advanced Spanish
Languages
- Spanish: native.
- English: near-native command.
- Italian: intermediate. Learning.
- Portuguese: beginner-intermediate. Learning.
- French: beginner. Learning.
- Arabic: beginner. Learning.