CPL Presents: Xochitl Gonzalez, Author of OLGA DIES DREAMING, in Conversation with Jess Rizkallah (Main) In-Person / Online
Join XOCHITL GONZALEZ, the New York Times bestselling author of Olga Dies Dreaming, for a reading and conversation with local poet and artist JESS RIZKALLAH, author of the magic my body becomes. This event is co-sponsored by the Cambridge Public Library Foundation. Registration is required.
- Date:
- Tuesday, October 17, 2023
- Time:
- 6:00pm - 7:30pm
- Time Zone:
- Eastern Time - US & Canada (change)
- Location:
- Lecture Hall
- Branches:
- Main Library
- Audience:
- Adult
- Categories:
- Author Event City Event Feature
Xochitl Gonzalez is the New York Times bestselling author of Olga Dies Dreaming. Named a Best of 2022 by The New York Times, TIME, Kirkus, Washington Post, and NPR, Olga Dies Dreaming was the winner of the Brooklyn Public Library Book Prize in Fiction and The New York City Book Awards. Her new novel, Anita de Monte Laughs Last, is forthcoming in March 2024 with Flatiron Books. Gonzalez is a 2021 M.F.A. graduate from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. As a staff writer for The Atlantic, she was recognized as a 2023 finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Commentary. A native Brooklynite and proud public school graduate, Gonzalez holds a BA from Brown University and lives in her hometown of Brooklyn with her dog, Hectah Lavoe.
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