Professors Nadia Avendaño and Lola Colomina-Garrigós presented their studies “”A Chicana’s Coming-of-Age in Patricia Santana’s Motorcycle Ride on the Sea of Tranquility” and “Mecanismos paratextuales y mataficción como discurso contestario a la lógica capitalista en Mano de obra de Diamela Eltit” respectively at the 4th International Convention: “Writing, Individual and Society in Spain, The Americas and Puerto Rico” on November 18-20, 2010 at the University of Puerto Rico in Arecibo.