Good hair, Bad hair

About the Book

Good hair, bad hair registers the author in the genealogical tree of the great Caribbean writers such as Olive Senior, Jamaica Kincaid, and Mayra Santos-Febres. The speakers of this novel, shown through fragmented monologues, become archetypical voices that intertwine in the main character as if all of them were only one. The changes of narrative perspective create metaphors of the inherent ambiguity in the Caribbean amalgam. But beyond the tension that the title could imply, this novel is the story of a woman who, in spite of her restlessness or her fears, takes control over her life. Elidio La Torre Lagares Professor, Universidad de Puerto Rico

About the Author

Carmen L. Montañez is a professor of Spanish at Indiana State University. She received a degree in law at the Universidad Interamericana de Puerto Rico, an M.A. degree in Spanish at the University of Louisville, and a Doctorate in Spanish at the University of Kentucky. In 1998 she published Subversión y creatividad, a critical study on the Puerto Rican short story. Her collection of short stories De El Fanguito a la loza was published in 2001, and in 2006 she published her first novel, Pelo bueno, pelo malo. She is a co-author of Mar y cielo: Literatura Caribeña (an Anthology), 2010.