Adam W. Coon

Adam W. Coon (he/él) is an associate professor at the University of Minnesota Morris. He specializes in contemporary Nahua literatures, focusing on how this literary production aids in processing trauma and proposing decolonial strategies. Coon’s translations include Ateri Miyawatl’s play Tsintatak; Mardonio Carballo’s poetry collections Chén che re and Ni Xochitl Ni Kuikatl; selections by Natalio Hernández (Tlilamatl) and Juan Hernández (Like a New Sun); and Gustavo Zapoteco Sideño’s poetry book Tlitzonpitentzin. He co-labors with the Nahua initiative Xochiojtli (Flowered Path) in Tepeko, Ixhuatlán de Madero, Veracruz, Mexico.