Articles written by Egberto Almenas

His human-friendly, literature-as-life approach keeps Magellan's daring spirit alive.

Oct 10, 2011 - Egberto Almenas

The master narrator found an ignored Latin America in the "unexpected alteration of reality" of her marvelous time warp.

Oct 4, 2011 - Egberto Almenas

The Spanish master stepped back into his uncompromising madness and despair as he depicted the follies of humans at war.

Aug 17, 2011 - Egberto Almenas

The reluctant Father of the New Left nurtured ideas that boosted the reach of high art.

Jul 30, 2011 - Egberto Almenas

He waged a war armed with the most lethal of weapons.

Jul 24, 2011 - Egberto Almenas

The growing shortage of moral courage that irked Miguel de Unamuno may explain the crises at university campuses today.

Jun 20, 2011 - Egberto Almenas

The plastic cognation between these two artists integrates a tour de force in poetic purity and emotion keyed on white.

May 3, 2011 - Egberto Almenas

José Martí's admiration for Louisa May Alcott also points to America's originality in literature and the thirst to read for wholehearted answers.

Apr 14, 2011 - Egberto Almenas

The last of the surviving original surrealists has turned 94, yet she perks the ongoing party with a fresh batch of artwork.

Apr 9, 2011 - Egberto Almenas

Nature and introspection voice the artist's latest insights in her long-awaited first solo exhibit.

Apr 1, 2011 - Egberto Almenas

A practical sense of beauty led José Martí to render royal attention to the literature he wrote for children.

Mar 25, 2011 - Egberto Almenas

Alberti's plastic recreation through poetry rebelled with the boldness of a peacenik who arranges flowers in the muzzles of posed rifles.

Mar 3, 2011 - Egberto Almenas

The late thinker sought to modernize the subcontinent by prefiguring a new breed of literary expression.

Jan 31, 2011 - Egberto Almenas

Eatonville commemorates its most celebrated child, whose life and casting of the Black American heritage continues to ascend.

Jan 23, 2011 - Egberto Almenas

The main feature exhibit at OMA spurs a critical look at a topic not as torn from the Western canon as led to believe by the postmodern craze.

Jan 14, 2011 - Egberto Almenas

The photogenic deity of guerrilla warfare also aimed to jumpstart a quieter revolution in Latin America, one based on the study of philosophy.

Jan 6, 2011 - Egberto Almenas

José Martí's pioneering remarks on Mark Twain underlines why the great American humorist stands among the universal authors that transcend.

Jan 2, 2011 - Egberto Almenas

Brooklyn-born Diaspora poet Frank Varela circumvents the modernity hype by pioneering instead a voice that abolishes time.

Nov 18, 2010 - Egberto Almenas

Balzac's approach in the depiction of his female characters sharpened the quest for human dignity.

Nov 12, 2010 - Egberto Almenas

The once-questioned glass artwork of Dale Chihuly meets human biological needs in far higher ways than thought before.

Nov 2, 2010 - Egberto Almenas

Salvador Dalí and America got on well. A common proclivity for the monstrous may account for this.

Oct 30, 2010 - Egberto Almenas

The young American multi-sensory media artist based in Central Florida stretches the vastness of Conceptual Art even further.

Sep 7, 2010 - Egberto Almenas

The work of Edward Gorey garbs mystery and ghoul with the cuts of timeless elegance. Here a few commentaries undress his chief fixations.

Aug 24, 2010 - Egberto Almenas

The artwork of the South Floridian artist Liz Ghitta Segall blooms out of her Franco-American memories mixed with places she has never visited.

Aug 6, 2010 - Egberto Almenas

The "renovation paintings" of Roland Pasqual Nurse add meaningful colors and textures to a long-valued scheme in the plastics arts.

Jul 31, 2010 - Egberto Almenas

The fantastic art installations of Doug Rhodehamel evoke a much-needed throwback to the lost purity and delights of childhood.

Jul 27, 2010 - Egberto Almenas

The recent artwork of Brigan Gresh reaches far within the human fate by recasting the significance of aftermath and sensation.

Jul 19, 2010 - Egberto Almenas

The noted American artist simply known as Kyle revalidates the power of pro-eco concepts against developmental hindrance and destruction.

Jul 10, 2010 - Egberto Almenas

Dina Mack's visual art and poetry converse in whispers donned by far-reaching beauty.

Jun 26, 2010 - Egberto Almenas

A review on Jubal's Kin, an emerging young musical group from Central Florida in American roots

Jun 24, 2010 - Egberto Almenas

Art review of Richard Reep's latest solo exhibit in mixed media and construction, Florida, US

Jun 19, 2010 - Egberto Almenas