His areas of interest include Latin-American literature, the relationship between philosophy and literature, and U.S. Latino Literature. He has published articles on José Asunción Silva, Octavio Paz, Alejandra Pizarnik, César Vallejo, Severo Sarduy, and others. Selections of his creative work appeared this year in The Norton Anthology of Latino Literature. His latest book, Severo Sarduy and the Neo-Baroque Image of Thought in the Visual Arts will be published late Fall 2011 by Purdue University Press.