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Why do they hate Spanish? How Thania Muñoz D. turned a question into a career

Oct 13, 2026 • By Catalina Sofia Dansberger Duque

Drawing on years of research, Thania Muñoz D.'s new book, Across Canons: Language, Latin American Immigrant Literature, and the Making of Latinx Narratives, offers a counter-narrative to the history of Spanish and the ongoing anti-immigrant and anti-Latin American sentiment in the U.S.