Publication: Hojas De Maiz
| dc.contributor.author | Sanchez, Roman | |
| dc.contributor.department | University of Massachusetts Amherst | |
| dc.contributor.department | English | |
| dc.date | 2024-03-29T14:47:04.000 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-04-26T16:38:57Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-02-01T00:00:00Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2021-01-01 | |
| dc.date.submitted | February | |
| dc.description.abstract | This novel is conceived as the first in a series of seven books. It takes place 25,000 years in humanity’s future, primarily on a space station - Laniakea Station - made from the combined cultures and habitations of beings from many galaxies outside our own. It floats eternal in the space between galaxies. It is a utopia of sorts. The novel is a series of connections between: Sainn-Temo, a human clone, grown from the genetic library rescued from the plight of interstellar slavery plaguing the human species; Ailu, a human woman born from actual human parents, stowed away on Laniakea; Swasim, a non-human mining executive attempting to sell off rights to the abandoned human solar system; and Revac, Ailu’s friend, a scientist of renowned fame and importance, inventor of a gene therapy that can stop the aging of living cells. These beings coalesce and bind together across space and time, leading to a discovery with profound consequences for the galaxy and the fate of humanity. The work is not just a sci-fi series but part of a wider universe I am creating across different artistic mediums. The series of works is called Hojas, or leaves. Over the next 2 years, as part of my PhD in anthropology, I will be constructing installation works, sculptures, video art, short stories, and interactive software art (video games!) to complement and build out the backstory leading up to the novel series. I hope for these works to engage participants and readers in co-creating a future mythology where brown and black bodies are triumphant, living well, and free. I will likely keep writing Hojas books until I die (unless we crack immortality!). | |
| dc.description.degree | Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.) | |
| dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.7275/20635500 | |
| dc.identifier.orcid | https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4376-8816 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14394/23364 | |
| dc.relation.url | https://scholarworks.umass.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1154&context=englmfa_theses&unstamped=1 | |
| dc.source.status | published | |
| dc.subject | Fiction | |
| dc.subject | Science Fiction | |
| dc.subject | Latinx Fiction | |
| dc.subject | Surrealist Fiction | |
| dc.subject | Utopian Fiction | |
| dc.subject | Creative Writing | |
| dc.subject | Fiction | |
| dc.title | Hojas De Maiz | |
| dc.type | oathesis | |
| dc.type | article | |
| digcom.contributor.author | isAuthorOfPublication|email:rcsanchez@umass.edu|institution:University of Massachusetts Amherst|Sanchez, Roman | |
| digcom.date.embargo | 2026-02-01T00:00:00-08:00 | |
| digcom.identifier | englmfa_theses/134 | |
| digcom.identifier.contextkey | 20635500 | |
| digcom.identifier.submissionpath | englmfa_theses/134 | |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication |