Examine the history and impact of immigration in the U.S. and hear stories from three authors who look at the phenomenon from distinct perspectives in their groundbreaking books. The authors all have personal ties to immigration, either as immigrants themselves or as the descendants of immigrants.
| Where: | Nuestras Raíces Stage (Seats 150)    |
| When: | Sat, Mar 14, 1:00 pm - 1:55 pm |
| Signing area: | Pima County Public Library/Nuestras Raíces/Craft Tent & Signing Area (following presentation)
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| Genre: | Nuestras Raices |
| Moderator: | Carlos Parra |
Daisy Hernández is the author of "The Kissing Bug," winner of the PEN/Jean Stein Book Award and the inaugural title for the National Book Foundation’s Science + Literature Program....
Daniel A. Olivas, the grandson of Mexican immigrants, is a fiction writer, poet, playwright, book critic, and attorney. He is the author of 13 books and editor of two anthologies. Olivas's books include "Waiting for Godínez: A Tragicomedy in Two Acts," "My Chicano Heart: New and Collected Stories of Love and Other Transgressions," and "Chicano Frankenstein: A Novel....
In a life-saving attempt to flee El Salvador’s civil war in 1980, Dora Rodriguez traveled north and almost died in the Arizona desert. She has spent much of her life since trying to help people facing the same challenges she did....
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