On November 6, 2025 the Folger’s virtual book club returns with a discussion of You Dreamed of Empires by Álvaro Enrigue. To prepare for the discussion, we have pulled together a list of resources related to Spanish colonialism, early modern America, and Shakespeare.
LEARN about “new world” discoveries and exploration
- Consuming the New World
- A Cacique By Any Other Name
- The turkey’s journey from the Atlantic to the early modern Islamic world
- Horchata and I share a heritage
- The Americas Gaze upon Europe, 1492-1800
- “More strange than true”: Finding America among the fairies
- By November book club speaker Victoria M. Muñoz
EXPLORE related exhibitions and collection items
- Spanish Book Collection at the Folger
- Mapping Early Modern Worlds
- Select items from New World of Wonders
CONSIDER Shakespeare’s place in contemporary Latinx culture
- Shakespeare Unlimited Episode 176: Shakespeare in Latinx Communities, with José Cruz González and David Lozano
- Shakespeare Unlimited Episode 178: Bringing Latinx Voices to Shakespeare, with Cynthia Santos DeCure and Micha Espinosa
- An Ofrenda to Shakespeare’s Afterlives
REVISIT Book Club picks related to exploration and colonization
We would like to thank the following organization for its generous support of this program
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