Professor Hoyos holds a Ph.D. and an M.A. from Cornell University. He was born in Bogota, where he studied philosophy and literature at the Universidad de los Andes. He is preparing two book-manuscripts, entitled Beyond Bolano: The Global Latin American Novel and El deber de la travesura: Cesar Aira y la critica cultural. His interests include visual culture and critical theory, as well as comparative and philosophical approaches to literature. Hoyos has published scholarly articles on Garcia Marquez, Roberto Bolano, urban fiction, and the late thought of Ludwig Wittgenstein.
