Lizabeth Paravisini-Gebert

Lizabeth Paravisini-Gebert works in the fields of literature, ecocriticism and environmental history, art history, and cultural studies. She specializes in the multidisciplinary study of the Caribbean. She is based in the Hispanic Studies Department at Vassar College. She is currently working on a new book project: The Amazon Parrots of the Caribbean: An Environmental Biography and on a translation of Dominican author Pedro Vergés’ 1982 novel, Solo cenizas hallarás with her friend and colleague Margarite Fernández Olmos.