Jason Weiss
Biographic Data
| ID | 9632129 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jason Weiss |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jason |
| FAMILY NAME | Weiss |
| SIGNATURE | WEISS J |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2859-7980 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 26 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Three Cantos
They say you can be the one who governs, the one who rules on earthOver the progeny of the Maker of PeopleYes, tell me that, yes, sovereign of CuscoAlmighty Tarapaca TtonapaThe one who directs me
Unfaithful
In her exuberant and probing memoir Unfaithful, Suzanne Jill Levine gets up close and personal. Having covered, in The Subversive Scribe (1991), the unpredictable mechanics and many creative decisi
Gold of the Indies
In an oral tongue like Runasimi or Quechua,1 “literary” products are not subject to the rigid Western formats of “prose” and “poetry”; a poem (canto) or a myth flows with the same pulse and cadence
Prayer for the Dawn (17th century)
From The Bird Metaphor
“La Metáfora de las Aves” weaves together the stories of various artists and cultural workers during a rainy night in the city. Written as a free reinterpretation of Chekhov’s The Seagull, the play
Two Invocations
Oh Maker, you who are at the ends of the world, without equal, who gave being and value to humankind, and said “may this be a man,” and to the woman, “may this be a woman”! Saying this you made the
The Willow Tree
Arriving at Les Puits, I found myself in a vivid garden with a history, its rosebushes with woody stems, three or four plum trees with branches in the form of claws, and a stump. Fat, short, and bu
The East from the South
The Body in Pieces
Diamela Eltit and Margo Glantz are, without a doubt, two of the most influential and innovative writers on the continent. Celebrated and prominent in their native countries, Chile and Mexico, as we
In a Voice of Their Own
The emergence of literature written by women in Latin America, rich in its diversity of genres, styles, and themes, has attracted the attention of critics, the publishing world, and above all the p
The King Goes Away Forever
Always, as night falls, when there’s no one in the street, two men arrive at the building site. They work there by day—I’ve heard them say as much—so that’s why I call them the night laborers. I li
Bolívar Straight to La Privada
The drop of sweat is slipping down right along the invisible line that connects directly with unsuspected places of my anatomy. Four in the afternoon in Santo Domingo. Sitting in the back seat of a
“Oregano or Honor”
January 2018. El Prat Airport, Barcelona.“Where are you coming from?”“From Santo Domingo.”“Follow me. We’re going to pass the suitcases through the scanner. Are you carrying any substance?”“Substan
Report on the Construction of El espíritu de mis padres sigue subiendo en la lluvia
El espíritu de mis padres sigue subiendo en la lluvia (2011; My Fathers' Ghost Is Climbing in the Rain, 2013) shows how difficult it was for me to leave behind part of my personal history and that
Virtues of Immediacy
In “Death and the Compass,” the Borgesian attempt at a detective story that destroys the conventions of the genre, the character of the detective maintains that hypotheses are only obliged to be in
“How Does the Sun Come Up in Havana?” and Other Poems
Such is the thick dreadfrom my little faith that it liesover body and action,perhaps from being so steeped in yellow,perhaps from too much embalming.It’s useless suffocation,another simple reaction
“Ways of Going Home” and Other Poems
At night I pray in a tonguethat I don’t know how I learned.And I say tzompantliand I cross myself with the visionof bare and ravagedskulls.I say cenzontle and Huitzilopochtli.Oh, jaguar, I have nev
“Implication” and Other Poems
A Conversation on Vargas Llosa’s The Time of the Hero Cátedra Mario Vargas Llosa 2019
(2021). A Conversation on Vargas Llosa’s The Time of the Hero Cátedra Mario Vargas Llosa 2019. Review: Literature and Arts of the Americas: Vol. 54, País Portátil: Contemporary Venezuelan Literature and Arts, pp. 298-303
Conversation with Senel Paz
This conversation took place at Havana’s Hotel Nacional on June 19, 2018.People in the English-speaking world who know only your work since the film Strawberry and Chocolate might think it always d
From An Island
Beatnik Buenos Aires; The Eternaut 1969; Perramus
(2021). Beatnik Buenos Aires; The Eternaut 1969; Perramus: The City and Oblivion. Review: Literature and Arts of the Americas: Vol. 54, País Portátil: Contemporary Venezuelan Literature and Arts, pp. 327-330
Taxidriver Doctors
Two Tigers
Forgotten Journey; The Promise
It seems, at long last, that Silvina Ocampo (1903-1993) may be having her moment among U.S. readers and publishers. With the crisp new City Lights editions, six books of her work are now available
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Two Tigers
Forgotten Journey; The Promise
It seems, at long last, that Silvina Ocampo (1903-1993) may be having her moment among U.S. readers and publishers. With the crisp new City Lights editions, six books of her work are now available
Meditations on a Poster
“Implication” and Other Poems
A Conversation on Vargas Llosa’s The Time of the Hero Cátedra Mario Vargas Llosa 2019
(2021). A Conversation on Vargas Llosa’s The Time of the Hero Cátedra Mario Vargas Llosa 2019. Review: Literature and Arts of the Americas: Vol. 54, País Portátil: Contemporary Venezuelan Literature and Arts, pp. 298-303
Conversation with Senel Paz
This conversation took place at Havana’s Hotel Nacional on June 19, 2018.People in the English-speaking world who know only your work since the film Strawberry and Chocolate might think it always d
From An Island
Beatnik Buenos Aires; The Eternaut 1969; Perramus
(2021). Beatnik Buenos Aires; The Eternaut 1969; Perramus: The City and Oblivion. Review: Literature and Arts of the Americas: Vol. 54, País Portátil: Contemporary Venezuelan Literature and Arts, pp. 327-330
Taxidriver Doctors
“How Does the Sun Come Up in Havana?” and Other Poems
Such is the thick dreadfrom my little faith that it liesover body and action,perhaps from being so steeped in yellow,perhaps from too much embalming.It’s useless suffocation,another simple reaction
“Ways of Going Home” and Other Poems
At night I pray in a tonguethat I don’t know how I learned.And I say tzompantliand I cross myself with the visionof bare and ravagedskulls.I say cenzontle and Huitzilopochtli.Oh, jaguar, I have nev
Bolívar Straight to La Privada
The drop of sweat is slipping down right along the invisible line that connects directly with unsuspected places of my anatomy. Four in the afternoon in Santo Domingo. Sitting in the back seat of a
“Oregano or Honor”
January 2018. El Prat Airport, Barcelona.“Where are you coming from?”“From Santo Domingo.”“Follow me. We’re going to pass the suitcases through the scanner. Are you carrying any substance?”“Substan
Report on the Construction of El espíritu de mis padres sigue subiendo en la lluvia
El espíritu de mis padres sigue subiendo en la lluvia (2011; My Fathers' Ghost Is Climbing in the Rain, 2013) shows how difficult it was for me to leave behind part of my personal history and that
Virtues of Immediacy
In “Death and the Compass,” the Borgesian attempt at a detective story that destroys the conventions of the genre, the character of the detective maintains that hypotheses are only obliged to be in
The Willow Tree
Arriving at Les Puits, I found myself in a vivid garden with a history, its rosebushes with woody stems, three or four plum trees with branches in the form of claws, and a stump. Fat, short, and bu
The East from the South
The Body in Pieces
Diamela Eltit and Margo Glantz are, without a doubt, two of the most influential and innovative writers on the continent. Celebrated and prominent in their native countries, Chile and Mexico, as we
In a Voice of Their Own
The emergence of literature written by women in Latin America, rich in its diversity of genres, styles, and themes, has attracted the attention of critics, the publishing world, and above all the p
The King Goes Away Forever
Always, as night falls, when there’s no one in the street, two men arrive at the building site. They work there by day—I’ve heard them say as much—so that’s why I call them the night laborers. I li
Three Cantos
They say you can be the one who governs, the one who rules on earthOver the progeny of the Maker of PeopleYes, tell me that, yes, sovereign of CuscoAlmighty Tarapaca TtonapaThe one who directs me
Unfaithful
In her exuberant and probing memoir Unfaithful, Suzanne Jill Levine gets up close and personal. Having covered, in The Subversive Scribe (1991), the unpredictable mechanics and many creative decisi
Gold of the Indies
In an oral tongue like Runasimi or Quechua,1 “literary” products are not subject to the rigid Western formats of “prose” and “poetry”; a poem (canto) or a myth flows with the same pulse and cadence
Prayer for the Dawn (17th century)
From The Bird Metaphor
“La Metáfora de las Aves” weaves together the stories of various artists and cultural workers during a rainy night in the city. Written as a free reinterpretation of Chekhov’s The Seagull, the play
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