Ilan Sta­vans

Ilan Sta­vans is Lewis-Sebring Pro­fes­sor of Human­i­ties, Latin Amer­i­can, and Lati­no Cul­ture at Amherst Col­lege, pub­lish­er of Rest­less Books, and host of NPR’s pod­cast In Con­trast. His books The Sev­enth Heav­en: Trav­els through Jew­ish Latin Amer­i­ca (Pitts­burgh) and The Return of Car­va­jal: A Mys­tery (PSUP) will be out in Octo­ber and Novem­ber, respectively.