Event | Lectures and Symposia Myths and Promises: Decoding "Latino" in America with José Olivarez and Héctor Tobar
Date and Location
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When: Saturday, August 12, 2023
02:15 pm - 03:15 pm EDT
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Where: Walter E. Washington Convention Center - East Salon ABC (Street Level, South Building)
801 Allen Y. Lew Place NW, Washington, DC 20001
- Stage: Insight Stage
- Event Type(s): Author Presentations, Panels
- Genre(s): Guatemalan, Hispanic, History, Memoir, Mexican, Nonfiction, Poetry, Social Justice
Part of National Book Festival; 2023 National Book Festival
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What does it mean to be Latino in the U.S.? Join José Olivarez and Héctor Tobar as they discuss how their books explore this question. Tobar’s “Our Migrant Souls” examines the 21st century Latino experience and the meaning of identity. Olivarez’s poetry collection “Promises of Gold” grapples with the contradictions of the American dream. Moderated by The New York Times’ Jazmine Ulloa.