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Ilan Stavans is the Lewis-Sebring Professor of Humanities, Latin American, and Latino Culture at Amherst College, the publisher of Restless Books, the co-founder of the Great Books Summer Program, and a consultant to the Oxford English Dictionary. His award-winning books include, most recently, Sabor Judío: The Jewish Mexican Cookbook (2024, co-written with Margaret E. Boyle) and, due out soon, Lamentations of Nezahualcoyotl, Jorge Luis Borges: A Very Short Introduction, and the children’s book The Secret Recipe. His work, adapted into film, theater, TV, and radio, has been translated into twenty languages.