Chilean musician and artist Violeta Parra (1917-1967) is an inspiration to generations of artists and activists across the globe. Her music is synonymous with resistance, and it animated both the Chilean folk revival and the protest music movement Nueva Cancion (New Song). In this remarkable biography, Ericka Verba traces Parra's radical life and multifaceted artistic...

Margaret Boyle is Associate Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures and Director of Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies Program at Bowdoin College. Her teaching and research span the languages, literature and cultures of early modern Spain and colonial Latin America. She is the author of Unruly Women: Performance, Penitence and Punishment in Early Modern...