Weekly selection of news about American culture in the Spanish press

* Article on the new book by Joyce Carol Oates, 'Memoirs of a widow' and first pages of the book.

Article by WINSTON MANRIQUE SABOGAL published in El Pais on 05/04/2011. Read complete.

* Reflection on the exhibition “Reconfiguring an African Icon” at the Metropolitan Museum in New York.

Article by ANTONIO MUÑOZ MOLINA published in Babelia on 02/04/2011. Read complete.

* Review of the influence that Edgar Allan Poe exerted on Baudelaire, Mallarmé, Valéry and TS Eliot (in the opposite direction) in relation to the book "Matemática tiniebla" that brings together the essays of these five poets on their work.

Article by ÁNGEL RUPÉREZ published in Babelia on 02/04/2011. Read complete.

* Review of "Edgar Allan Poe and the mystery of the beautiful cigarette girl" by Daniel Stashower.

Article by FRANCISCO SOLANO published in Babelia on 02/04/2011. Read complete.

* Review of "Stone Junction, an alchemical epic" by Jim Dodge.

Article by LUIS DE LEÓN BARGA published in Babelia on 02/04/2011. Read complete.

* Review of “Sun Ra: Interviews and Essay” compiled by John Sinclair, about the jazz musician.

Article by EDUARDO HOJMAN published in ABC Cultural on 03/4/2011. Read complete.

* Review of "When Night Falls" by Michael Cunningham.

Article by RODRIGO FRESÁN published in ABC Cultural on 03/4/2011. Read complete.

* Review of "Scattered Poems" by Jack Kerouac.

Article by JAIME SILES published in ABC Cultural on 03/4/2011. Read complete.