On October 22, 2018 Visiting professors Lina Martínez Hernández and Giselle Román Medina presented their book Poéticas, archivos y apuestas: estudios del Caribe published in Chile, earlier that year. Prof. Román Medina first introduced the main topics of the book, the criteria for selecting the essays included in it, then she engaged in a conversation with Prof. Martínez Hernández about the process of working on the book, before they opened to a lively Q & A period with students and faculty that attended the talk.