Brian Whitener

Brian Whitener is an Associate Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures at the University at Buffalo and author of Crisis Cultures: The Rise of Finance in Mexico and Brazil (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2019), Face Down (Timeless Infinite Light, 2016), and The 90s (speCt!, 2022). He is an editor on two forthcoming books: Border Abolition Now (Pluto Press, 2024) and Abolir ya: otra justicia es posible (Andromeda, 2024). Other writing or translation projects include De gente común: Arte...See more

Brian Whitener is an Associate Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures at the University at Buffalo and author of Crisis Cultures: The Rise of Finance in Mexico and Brazil (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2019), Face Down (Timeless Infinite Light, 2016), and The 90s (speCt!, 2022). He is an editor on two forthcoming books: Border Abolition Now (Pluto Press, 2024) and Abolir ya: otra justicia es posible (Andromeda, 2024). Other writing or translation projects include De gente común: Arte, política y rebeldía social, edited with Lorena Méndez and Fernando Fuentes (Universidad Autónoma de la Ciudad de México, 2013) and the translations of Grupo de Arte Callejero: Thoughts, Actions, Practices (Common Notions, 2019) and Genocide in the Neighborhood: State Violence, Popular Justice, and the 'Escrache' (Common Notions, 2023). See less