A Reading by Novelist Patricia Engel from her Debut Work, Vida

LUNCH PROVIDED! The child of Colombian parents, Engel grew up in New Jersey, and many of her stories look at life from a second-generation Latina perspective. Vida (Grove Press, 2010) was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year and winner of the International Latino Book Award, among several other awards. See more here: http://patriciaengel.com/ with interview clips at: http://www.aarp.org/entertainment/books/info-09-2010/audio_interview_with_engel.html and a reading here: http://www.discogs.com/Patricia-Engel-The-Bridge/release/2259515. Sponsored by the Program in Latino/a Studies in the Global South, the Department of Romance Studies, the Program in Literature, and the English Department