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Dr. Russell M. Cluff, Professor of Spanish, was born and
raised in Mexico and has taught for the universities
of Minnesota, Notre Dame, Stephen F. Austin State University
and Brigham Young University. His area of specialty
is Latin American prose narrative with an emphasis on
recent Mexican fiction, mainly the short story. He has
published over twenty articles on Latin American literature
and has published the following books: Panorama crítico-bibliográfico
del cuento mexicano (1950-1995). Tlaxcala: Universidad
Autónoma de Tlaxcala, 1997; Diccionario bio-bibliográfico
de escritores de México (1920-1970), coautor: Josefina
Lara Valdez. Mexico: Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes,
1995; Siete acercamientos al relato mexicano actual,
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) and El
Gobierno del Estado de Querétaro, 1987.
In conjuction with Professor L. Howard Quackenbush he has
translated and published the following books: Beatle
Dreams and Other Stories por Guillermo Samperio. Latin
American Literary Review Press, 1994; Schizotext and
Other Poems/Esquizotexto y otros poemas by Gonzalo
Rojas. Peter Lang Publishing Inc., New York, 1988 (135
pp.).
His editions are the following: Cuento mexicano moderno.
Edition of the Mexican short story of the twentieth
century. Co-editor with Alfredo Pavón, Luis Arturo Ramos,
and Guillermo Samperio. Mexico: Universidad Nacional
Autónoma de México (UNAM), Universidad Veracruzana,
and Editorial Aldus, 2000; Crónicas de Altocerro. Edition
of short story collection by Virgilio Díaz Grullón.
Contains a critical epilogue. Mexico: Universidad Nacional
Autónoma de México (UNAM), 1996.
As an instructor, Prof. Cluff is passionate about Latin
American culture in all its guises: literary, graphic
and plastic arts, music, as well as in its culture
with a small "c." His philosophy is that there is no
reason to learn another language (re-codify everything
one knows) unless the culture behind that language is
appreciated and loved by the language learner.
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