Marc Zimmerman has written and edited over forty books, including his remarkable “Illusions of Memory” autofiction series, in which memories tend toward fictional form while representing the author’s life and the many marking his path. Zimmerman is Professor Emeritus of Latin American and Latino Studies at the University of Illinois in Chicago (UIC) as well as Hispanic Studies and World Cultures and Literatures in the Department of Modern and Classical Languages at the University of Houston (UH). He founded LACASA Chicago in 1998 and has served as director since that time.