Join Fernando Flores, Jennifer Givhan, and Ruben Reyes Jr. as they discuss stories of resistance, justice, and the ties that bring people together. Their narratives transcend borders (both physical and metaphorical) between worlds both familiar and strange, connected by shared humanity.
| Where: | Nuestras Raíces Stage (Seats 150)    |
| When: | Sun, Mar 15, 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: | Karla Silva |
Fernando A. Flores was born in Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico, and grew up in south Texas. He is the author of the collections "Death to the Bullshit Artists of South Texas" and "Valleyesque" and the novel "Tears of the Trufflepig," which was long-listed for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize and named a best book of 2019 by Tor....
Jennifer Givhan is a Chicana/Indigenous author from the Southwestern desert and a recipient of the NEA and PEN Emerging Voices fellowships. The LA Times called her novel "Salt Bones" “a triumph....
Ruben Reyes, Jr. is the son of two Salvadoran immigrants and the author of "Archive of Unknown Universes" and "There Is a Rio Grande in Heaven." A graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and Harvard College, his writing has appeared in The Boston Globe, The Washington Post, Lightspeed Magazine, and other publications....
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