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Telling Our Own Stories: Brooklyn Book Festival x Latinx in Publishing

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Thursday, October 1, 2020
4 pm PT / 7 pm ET

Join Latinx in Publishing’s Zakiya Jamal as she leads a dynamic conversation with five acclaimed writers across all genres to discuss their process, the future, and how, in their writing they have broken free or reshaped the various Latinx stereotypes portrayed in media. Authors include:

Veronica Chambers - Shirley Chisholm is a Verb! ;
Roy G. Guzman - Catrachos ;
Roberto Lovato - Unforgetting: A Memoir of Family, Migration, Gangs and Revolution in the Americas ;
Juli Delgado Lopera - Fiebre Tropical : A Novel ;
& Claribel Ortega - Ghost Squad

Hosted by Mil Mundos Books & Latinx in Publishing.

Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Jc9lgReyQkSjSrtuJpb0_Q

Order books from Mil Mundos here: https://www.milmundosbooks.com/tellingourownstories

Earlier Event: September 29
LxP Professional Happy Hour
Later Event: November 18
Facebook Live Reading with 2020 Writing Mentors & Mentees

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