Historical Fiction—Featured
Why Trujillo Still Matters
A statement of purpose: on the research behind this platform, the complexity of the Trujillo era, and why history is rarely as settled as we are taught to believe.
June 202615 min readRead Essay
The Archive
Essays & Notes
Reflections on historical fiction, political memory, archival research, and the craft of writing about the past.
Historical Fiction12 min read
Fiction and the Legitimization of History
Every historical narrative eventually seeks its fiction. On what novels do to the historical record — and what the word ajusticiamiento reveals about moral framing and the limits of the archive.
June 2026Read
Historical Fiction18 min read
Political Memory and the Caribbean Novel
A survey of how Caribbean writers — from García Márquez to Edwidge Danticat — have navigated the impossible task of fictionalizing state violence without aestheticizing it.
September 2023Read