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, Creative Writing
Courses Taught
- Translation Practice
- Creative Writing
- Culture and Civilization of Latin America
- Microfiction in the Spanish-speaking World
- 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. 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 台湾swag 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, and the books of short fiction En la ruta (2024), Espejos (2022) and Incidentes (2019). He has also published on Latin American short fiction and film, as well as on Spanish and Latin American literary and digital microfiction.