Tucson Festival of Books

Aiden Arata



Mathias Gropp

Aiden Arata is a writer and artist whose work has appeared in publications including BOMB, Mask, NYLON, The Rumpus, The Fanzine, Wonderland, and Hobart, as well as NDA: An Autofiction Anthology. Arata’s visual and video work was showcased in Kunsthalle Bremen’s bicentennial exhibition “Generation*" and has been featured on platforms including Vice, The Cut, Harper's Bazaar, Mashable, NBC, Seventeen, and The Washington Post. "You Have A New Memory" is her first essay collection and was an instant USA Today bestseller. 

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Scheduled events:
The Stories We Inherit
Join authors Aiden Arata and Patricia Moore for a laid-back chat about growing up between worlds, figuring yourself out, and rewriting the parts of your past that don’t quite fit anymore.

Koffler Room 216 (Seats 89, Wheelchair accessible)  View this venue on the Festival map
Sat, Mar 14, 1:00 pm - 1:55 pm
Memoir / Essays / Creative Nonfiction
Signing area: Sales & Signing Koffler/Commons (following presentation)

Panelists: Aiden Arata, Patricia Moore
Moderator: Molly McCloy
Sponsors: Session made possible courtesy of Research Corporation for Science Advancement, Sundt Construction, Inc.
Rewriting the Story
Join authors Aiden Arata, Caroline Paul and Maris Kreizman for a dynamic discussion on truth, identity and resilience. These three writers dig into what it takes to stop letting old stories or outside pressures define you and how to rewrite your life on your own terms.

Student Union Santa Rita (Seats 110)  View this venue on the Festival map
Sun, Mar 15, 11:30 am - 12:25 pm
Memoir / Essays / Creative Nonfiction
Signing area: UA Campus Store Book Sales (Mall) (following presentation)  View this venue on the Festival map

Panelists: Aiden Arata, Maris Kreizman, Caroline Paul
Moderator: Nicole Walker
Sponsors: Session made possible courtesy of Joi and Bianca Bowen, Roberta and Bill Witchger, Steve Gottlieb and Laura Penny

Book:
You Have a New Memory
Memoir / Essays / Creative Nonfiction
Grand Central Publishing
January 2025
ISBN 9781538767597
240 pages
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