En las Sombras de Estados Unidos: Narraciones de Inmigrantes de Indocumentados
Locations: Main Library Latino/Hispanic B
Address: 100 Larkin St. (at Grove)
Event Time: Thursday 19 Nov 2009, 6 p.m. – 7:30 p.m
The San Francisco Public Library and Voice of Witness are proud to present this event in honor of En las Sombras de Estados Unidos: Narraciones de Inmigrantes Indocumentados. Edited by Peter Orner and Sandra Hernández, En las Sombras de Estados Unidos is the Spanish edition of the critically acclaimed Underground America: Narratives of Undocumented Lives, a powerful collection of oral histories from men and women struggling to carve a life in the United States. The book has been described as “no less than revelatory” (Publishers Weekly) and “essential” (Daniel Alarcón, author and editor of Etiqueta Negra).
Featured speakers: editor Sandra Hernández and, as special guests, narrators from the book.
***This event will be in Spanish, with simultaneous translation available.***
SPACE FOR THIS EVENT IS EXTREMELY LIMITED. Please RSVP by Tuesday 17th November to Diana Pérez at press@voiceofwitness.com
Sandra Hernández is a former staff writer for the Associated Press, LA Weekly, and the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, where she was a member of the newspaper’s 2005 Pulitzer Prize finalist team for breaking news. A graduate of Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, she lives in Los Angeles and writes about immigration for the Daily Journal.
