Meet the Author Club de Lectura | Orientation

Event Start Date: January 18, 2024 5:30 PM
Event End Date: January 18, 2024 7:00 PM

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Meet the Author Club de Lectura
Thursday, January 18 | 5:30 - 7:00 pm
Grinter 376

This book club will be in Spanish, featuring six guest writers who will Zoom with the attendees to have an informal chat about their works and ideas. This is a great opportunity to practice Spanish, engage with thought-provoking and entertaining modern Latin American literature, and even talk to the authors behind the works! 

The club will meet Wednesdays biweekly, with an introductory meeting on January 18.

Meet the authors

25 Jan | Daniel Rodríguez Barrón (Mexico) with La soledad de los animales, a wonderful and hilarious anarcho-eco-activist novel. Great for those interested in ecology and environmentalism. 

8 Feb | Alejandra Costamagna (Chile), with Imposible salir de la tierra, an anthology of short stories by one of the best realistic short story writers in Spanish. As an anthology, it may have a short story or two for any interest. 
 
22 Feb | Mario Martz (Nicaragua), with Los jóvenes no pueden volver a casa, a heartbreaking short stories collection about being young in Nicaragua after the Sandinist Revolution. Great for those interested in Latin American politics. 

7 Mar | Luis Carlos Barragán (Colombia), with Parásitos perfectos, a marvelous sci-fi short stories collection on Latin American societies and ecological collapse. Great for those interested in Politics and Environment.

21 Mar | Yolanda Arroyo (Puerto Rico), an incredible afro-futurist writer with Golpes de gracia, an anthology of afrofuturistic short stories by one of the best authors of the genre.

4 Apr |  Florentino Solano (Tu’un Savi, Mexico), with Tákúu ndi’i tachi si’í yu / Todas las voces de mi madre, a bilingual poetry collection awarded with the Premio Netzahualcóyotl de Literatura 2022 for Mexican Languages, ideal for those interested in Social Studies.