Cuban-American author Cristina García
7 p.m. Wednesday, October 29 — en español
7 p.m.Thursday, October 30 — in English
Both programs will be in Loucks Auditorium
Tickets: $5 in advance/$7 at the door
On sale now at all Library Circulation Desks
Lyrical and poignant, the novels of Cristina García explore the lives of immigrants to Cuba, from Cuba, and others displaced from their mother cultures with a tenderness and attention that has earned her accolades as one of the most important voices in contemporary Cuban-American literature.
A former writer and researcher for Time Magazine, she earned a National Book Award nomination for her first novel, Dreaming in Cuban, and has followed up with highly acclaimed works including The Agüero Sisters, Monkey Hunting, and the recently published A Handbook to Luck. She has edited two anthologies, Cubanísimo: The Vintage Book of Contemporary Cuban Literature and Bordering Fires: The Vintage Book of Contemporary Mexican and Chicano/a Literature.
Two works for young readers, The Dog Who Loved the Moon, and I Wanna Be Your Shoebox were published in 2008. García’s work has been translated into fourteen languages. She is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Whiting Writers’ Award, A Hodder Fellowship at Princeton University, and an NEA grant, among others.
She will offer two family-friendly presentations at Salem Public Library, the first night in Spanish and the second in English. A free craft and film will be offered to children of ticket holders (ages 4 and older) during the Wednesday program in Anderson Room A.
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