Mateo Rodriguez-Hurtado interviewed Dr. Sandra Ruiz on her latest book, Tears for Tears: Aesthetics in Grief Minor

Monday, Jun 29, 2026

PS alum Mateo Rodriguez-Hurtado (M.A. '20) interviewed Dr. Sandra Ruiz (PS M.A. and Ph.D) on her latest book, Tears for Tears: Aesthetics in Grief Minor (NYU Press 2025). The conversation titled, "From vials of tears to vales of vestiges: A slanted grief jam session on Tears for Tears: Aesthetics in Grief Minor" was published this summer by Women & Performance. In the interview Rodriguez-Hurtado and Ruiz discuss how grief, performance, loss intertwine in many occasions in Ruiz's book, and how mourning breathes as an act for shared transformation. 

Read the full interview linked below!