Unforgetting, the reported memoir by visiting professor Roberto Lovato (English) was recognized in the Los Angeles Times as the inspiration for an art show curated by artist Felix Quintana in Los Angeles. “Much of my work is a dialogue in response to literary material,” he says. The chosen title, “Love is the Given of the Place,” borrowed from Roberto Lovato’s memoir, repurposes Joan Didion’s reference to El Salvador: “Terror is the given of the place. Even though there is struggle happening in these neighborhoods, there is beauty."
