TY - JOUR
AU1 - Torres-Saillant, Silvio
AB - In Memoriam/En Homenaje In remembrance of Juan Flores (1943–2014) Latino Studies (2015) 13, 1–4. doi:10.1057/lst.2014.65 Photo credit: http://www.afrolatinoforum.org/ Death defies logic. We harbor no doubt of its harsh materiality or its inevitable arrival. A most natural event, as ordinary as birth or the change of seasons, it still remains for us a great imponderable. Though we know it will come, we find it shocking when it does. We invent myths of immortality to find imaginative ways around it. We embrace heaven, nirvana, and other post-mortem destinations as realms promising to extend the significance of our lives beyond the span that biology or chance has allotted to us. The unexpected passing of Juan Flores on 2 December 2014 prompts us to relive the cycle of shock, asking ourselves how to accept the loss of this esteemed colleague and dear friend. As typically happens with great losses, those who knew him will look in vain for consolation. At best, we could try to come to terms with © 2015 Macmillan Publishers Ltd. 1476-3435 Latino Studies Vol. 13, 1, 1–4 www.palgrave-journals.com/lst/ In Memoriam/En Homenaje not having him physically among us by memorializing our debt of gratitude to the legacy he bequeathed to 
TI - In remembrance of Juan Flores (1943–2014)
JF - Latino Studies
DO - 10.1057/lst.2014.65
DA - 2015-04-09
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/springer-journals/in-remembrance-of-juan-flores-1943-2014-4vmNFEXafT
SP - 1
EP - 4
VL - 13
IS - 1
DP - DeepDyve
ER -