Free (donations welcome) / Entrada libre (agradecemos sus donaciones)
Live audio interpretation from English to Spanish via your smartphone and headphones courtesy of Interprenet. / Interpretación de audio en vivo de inglés al español a través de tu smartphone y audífonos, cortesía de Interprenet.
Lit & Luz Keynote Address with Alejandra Oliva
18th Street Casa de Cultura
2057 W. 18th St. Chicago, IL 60608
2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Join us at 18th Street Casa de Cultura for a keynote address from critically-acclaimed author Alejandra Oliva on this year’s festival theme, Saturation/ Saturación. Oliva will read from her recent memoir, Rivermouth: A Chronicle of Language, Faith and Migration (Astra House, 2023) and join author and Lit & Luz alum Juan Martinez in conversation.
Meet the author after the event for a book signing and a complimentary cafecito reception courtesy of Dark Matter Coffee and Bittersweet Pilsen to celebrate the beginning of the festival week.
Alejandra Oliva is an essayist, embroiderer and translator. She is a recipient of the 2022 Creative Nonfiction Whiting Grant. Her writing has been included in Best American Travel Writing 2020, nominated for a Pushcart prize, and was honored with an Aspen Summer Words Emerging Writers Fellowship.
Presented in partnership with UIC’s Center for Latinx Literature of the Americas and 18th Street Casa de Cultura.
Acompáñanos a 18th Street Casa de Cultura para el Discurso inaugural de la autora, aclamada por la crítica, Alejandra Oliva, sobre el tema del festival de este año: Saturation/Saturación. Oliva leerá fragmentos de su reciente memoria Rivermouth: A Chronicle of Language, Faith and Migration (Astra House, 2023), y acompaña al ex participante de Lit & Luz, Juan Martínez, para la conversación.
Conoce a la autora después del evento en una firma de libros y un recepción con cafecito de cortesía de Dark Matter Coffee and Bittersweet Pilsen para celebrar el inicio de la semana del festival.
Alejandra Oliva es ensayista, bordadora y traductora. Fue beneficiaria de la Creative Nonfiction Whiting Grant en 2022. Su obra ha sido incluida en Best American Travel Writing 2020, nominada al Pushcart Prize, y beneficiaria de la Aspen Summer Words Emerging Writers Fellowship.
Presentado en asociación con el Center for Latinx Literature of the Americas de la UIC y la 18th Street Casa de Cultura
