Writers Ingrid Rojas Contreras, Matthew Olzmann, Arianne True, and Zoser Dunbar present their new works based on the sub-theme of unearthing: discover (something hidden, lost, or kept secret) by investigation or searching.
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A talk with Rafael Agustín, a pop-up reading with the National Book Foundation, a talk with Sasha taqʷšəblu LaPointe, and an evening with Corporal Writing. Many opportunities to catch me at Portland’s Book Fest!
A vritual conversation and reading hosted by Kweli, a community for Black, Indigenous and POC artists. 7 pm ET
The program will be an author talk and reading, followed by a book sale and signing hosted by Books on B.
6:30pm doors, 7:30pm show $15 advance, pre-registration required, $20 day of show
Cumbia DJ to follow!
In this in-person vent, Carolina De Robertis and Ingrid Rojas Contreras discuss The Man Who Could Move Clouds.
Ingrid Rojas Contreras will discuss her book The Man Who Could Move Clouds with local reading enthusiast Lupita Reads. 7- 8 pm ET
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm EDT
A grandfather who was said to move clouds with his mind…his daughter who lost her memory in a childhood accident and began to see and hear the dead…and his daugter’s daughter, Ingrid, who lost her memory in an accident at twenty-three and unlike her mother, returned with no supernatural gifts… NY Times best selling author Ingrid Rojas Contreras dives into her own family history in her new memoir, The Man Who Could Move Clouds, and explores the meaning of inheritance, healing, and the power of story.
Joined in conversation by Elaine Castillo, whose new collection of essays, How to Read Now, delves into the politics and ethics of reading and insists that we are capable of something better: a more engaged relationship not just with our fiction and our art, but with our buried and entangled histories.
Elaine Castillo, named one of “30 of the Planet’s Most Exciting Young People” by the Financial Times, was born and raised in the Bay Area. Her debut novel, America is Not the Heart, was named a best book of 2018 by NPR, Real Simple, The Boston Globe, San Francisco Chronicle, The New York Post, Kirkus Reviews, and the New York Public Library.
Ingrid Rojas Contreras was born and raised in Bogotá, Colombia. Her debut novel, Fruit of the Drunken Tree, won the silver medal in First Fiction from the California Book Awards and was a New York Times editors’ choice. Her essays and short stories have appeared in The New York Times Magazine, The Cut, Zyzzyva, and more. She lives in California.
Grab a copy of the featured works at City of Asylum Bookstore: https://www.cityofasylumbooks.org/ingrid-rojas-contreras-and-elaine-castillo.
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The in-house restaurant 40 North will be closed but a cash bar will be available.
Join us IN PERSON Thursday, August 18th at 7:00pm central to help celebrate Ingrid Rojas Contreras' new memoir, The Man Who Could Move Clouds. Ingrid will be in conversation with Exile MVP Michael Zapata!
Third Place Books welcomes celebrated author Ingrid Rojas Contreras—author of the New York Times editor's choice novel Fruit of the Drunken Tree—for a discussion of her highly anticipated memoir The Man Who Could Move Clouds, a TIME Best Book of the Summer that invites readers to throw themselves open and embrace the extraordinary. Contreras will be joined in conversation by novelist and essayist Alexander Chee, author of How To Write An Autobiographical Novel.
This event will be broadcast live on Zoom. Registering will provide you with a unique access link in an email. During the event, you can ask questions using the Q&A feature, or chat with fellow attendees. A recording of the event will be made available and emailed to all who register.
The Man Who Could Move Clouds is the July selection for our Signature Reads Subscription Box! Learn more about our Signed First Edition Clubs.
This author talk is free! You can sustain our author series by purchasing a copy of the featured book.
Skylight Books presents Ingrid Rojas Contreras in conversation with Lilliam Rivera on Ingrid’s new memoir, The Man Who Could Move Clouds.
From the author of the “original, politically daring and passionately written” (Vogue) novel Fruit of the Drunken Tree, comes a dazzling, kaleidoscopic memoir reclaiming her family's otherworldly legacy.
Porter Square Books is thrilled to welcome author and singer Ingrid Rojas Contreras for The Man Who Could Move Clouds, her riveting new memoir! Dubbed a Times Best Book of the Summer, this is one read you won't want to miss. The author will be joined in conversation by Jennifer De Leon, author of Don't Ask Me Where I'm From.
This event will take place on Thursday, July 21 at 7:00pm at Porter Square Books: Cambridge Edition. Please note that masks will be required for all those in attendance. RSVPs, while not required, are strongly encouraged!
Books Are Magic presents Ingrid Rojas Contreras in conversation with Crystal Hana Kim on Wednesday July 20th, at 7 p.m. and on YouTube live. This is a ticketed event to limit the capacity at store. Get your ticket now!
Loyalty Bookstores and Duende District present Ingrid Rojas Contreras and Daisy Hernandez in conversation to celebrate the release of the Man Who Could Move Clouds. This is a ticketed event. Secure your ticket now!
Ingrid Rojas Contreras celebrates the launch of The Man Who Could Move Clouds: A Memoir published by Doubleday Books.
This event will take place in Kerouac Alley, between City Lights and Vesuvio Cafe, between Columbus and Grant Avenues. It is free to the public. Cocktails and screen printing of an artist print by artist Miguel Arzabe in celebration of the release!
With Tin House, Ingrid Rojas Contreras celebrates the launch of The Man Who Could Move Clouds, a memoir about family, healing, and ghosts with R.O. Kwon.
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Appearances and details TBA.
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Special Presentation: Brian Copeland, Julie Lythcott-Haims, R.O. Kwon, & Ingrid Rojas Contreras
Join us for this special event entitled "Race in America: Where We Are & Where We’re Headed" featuring a diverse panel of Bay Area writers and agents of change. The panel will be tackling this vital topic in context of the current political climate, and will then take a look at what lies ahead. The moderator is journalist and Book Passage host Paula Farmer.
More information at: https://www.bookpassage.com/event/detailed-list?title=race
To celebrate the infant days of 2019, long ago The Racket reader Ingrid Rojas Contreras will join us to read from her fantastic new novel, Fruit of the Drunken Tree (Doubleday Books).
Free beer. With: Baruch Porras-Hernandez, Yalitza Ferreras, Maur Isa, and Anand Vedawala
More information at: https://www.facebook.com/events/2143193072664669/
This December, join PEN America and the Strand Book Store as we embark on a retrospective of 2018 through the eyes of some of our most talented authors.
Amitava Kumar’s Immigrant, Montana blends the traditional coming of age novel with the story of an Indian immigrant coming to America, in a book that was referred to as “bio-fiction.” Wayétu Moore’s She Would Be King weaves together the historical facts of the founding of Liberia with magical realism, bringing together characters from all corners of the African diaspora. Ingrid Rojas Contreras‘s Fruit of the Drunken Tree tells the story of a young woman coming of age amidst violence in Pablo Escobar’s Colombia. Together, these authors will speak about their work, this year’s news cycles, and what it means to tell stories in an era of “fake news” and “alternative facts.”
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Three debut novelists, one night . . .
R. O. KWON, NANA KWAME ADJEI-BRENYAH, INGRID ROJAS CONTRERAS
Three first-time fiction writers read excerpts from their buzz-worthy novels while YOU enjoy happy hour prices at the bar. Afterwards, we'll open the floor to questions, then enjoy an informal mixer with the authors, who will meet attendees, take photos, and sign their books.
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Bernice L. McFadden’s novel Praise Song for the Butterflies is a contemporary story that offers an eye-opening account of the practice of ritual servitude, and its toll on women, in West Africa. Ingrid Rojas Contreras’ Fruit of the Drunken Tree: A Novel is a mesmerizing debut set in Colombia at the height Pablo Escobar’s violent reign about a sheltered young girl and a teenage maid who strike an unlikely friendship that threatens to undo them both. Idra Novey’s Those Who Knew is a taut, timely novel about what a powerful politician thinks he can get away with and the woman, and group of misfits, who finally bring him down.
With Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, Nicole Chung, Luis Alberto Urrea. Moderated by Ingrid Rojas Contreras.
Three very different stories, each with a central commentary on race in the present moment here in the United States.
Ingrid Rojas Contreras (La fruta del borrachero) y Luis Alberto Urrea (La casa de los ángeles rotos) discuten sus novelas sobre la familia, el hogar y los puentes que nos conectan con el moderador TBA. Este evento ese en español.
With Ingrid Rojas Contreras, Ashley Toliver. Leni Zumas, Marisa Siegel.
Portland Book Festival presenting authors Ingrid Rojas Contreras, Ashley Toliver, and Leni Zumas join forces for a pop-up reading in the Portland Art Museum Galleries. This pop-up is presented in collaboration with The Rumpus.
With: Ingrid Rojas Contreras, Jamel Brinkley, Jason Lutes, Rob Spillman
Often, the setting of the book can be as much a character as the people in it. In these three books, three very different cities—Bogota under Escobar’s reign, contemporary New York City, and Weimar-era Berlin—set the scene and help define the stories.
Columbia College Chicago presents the Fall 2018 Creative Writing Reading Series. This reading will begin with a student reader and end with a Q&A session. Selected titles will be available for sale.
