Ary Malaver, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Spanish
Office locationNesbitt Academic Building, 4248,
Area(s) of Expertise: Latin American Short Narrative, Microfiction in Latin America and Spain, Latinx Literature and Culture in the United States
Courses Taught
Culture and Civilization of Latin America
Microfiction in the Spanish-speaking World
Creative Writing
Translation Practice
Microfiction and Cyberculture in Latin America and Spain
The Poetics of the (Very) Small Writing and Imagin(in)g
Research/Special Interests
Dr. Malaver’s research interests are interdisciplinary with a focus on short literary and audiovisual narratives from Latin America and Spain. He also researches contemporary Latinx literature and culture in the United States. Other current interests and areas of research include cyberculture in Latin America, as well as indigenous wisdom and consciousness. He is also the director of ¡Cortos! Latin American Short Film Festival, an annual event open to the 果冻传媒 community and the Gainesville, Dahlonega, Oconee, and Cumming communities at large.
He is the author of La brevedad como poética (2019), a book on the poetics of brevity; Incidentes (2019), a book of short stories and microfiction; and Espejos (2022), a book of microfiction. He has also published on U.S. Latinx literature and performance, Canadian digital poetry, U.S.-Mexico border crossings, Latin American short fiction and film, and Spanish and Latin American literary and digital microfiction.