"Avocado Dreams - Remaking Salvadoran Life and Art in the DC Metro Area" - In-person

Meet the Author: Ana Patricia Rodríguez

Salvadorans have transformed the DC region through their labor, culture, language, art and ingenuity. Learn more about why they migrated, and how it all happened in this author talk with Q & A.

Dr. Rodriguez is a Professor in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese and U.S. Latina/o Studies at the University of Maryland, College Park, where she teaches courses in Latin American, Central American, and U.S. Latina/o literatures and cultures. She received her M.A. and Ph.D. in Literature from the University of California, Santa Cruz and has published numerous scholarly articles, and other books, including De la hamaca al trono y al más allá: Lecturas críticas de la obra de Manlio Argueta (co-edited with Linda J. Craft and Astvaldur Astvaldsson; San Salvador: Universidad Tecnológica, 2013) and Dividing the Isthmus: Central American Transnational Histories, Literatures, and Cultures (University of Texas Press, 2009).

The program will be held in the Multi-Purpose Room, on the first floor of the Library off the lobby. Light refreshments will be available, and the program will be followed by an opportunity to buy a copy of the author's book. Questions about this program? Contact the Library at 240-777-0678. 

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