"A memoir like no other, mapping memory, myth, and the mysteries and magic of ancestry with stark tenderness and beauty. . .Ingrid Rojas Contreras has given us a glorious gift with these pages."—Patricia Engel

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.