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Borderlands Conference

Presented by University of Utah Guest Writers Series at Online/Virtual Space, Online/Virtual UT

Feb 16 - 19 2021
Borderlands Conference

University of Utah’s Guest Writers Series presents readings and conversations with featured authors—Cristina Rivera Garza, Eduardo Halfon, Julián Herbert, and Fernanda Melchor—moderated by Michael Mejia.

CRISTINA RIVERA GARZA was awarded a MacArthur fellowship in 2020. She is a distinguished professor in Houston’s Department of Hispanic Studies and leads the graduate Spanish-language creative writing concentration. Her recent publications in Spanish include Autobiografía del algodón and the poetry collection La fractura exacta. English translations of her work include the essay collection Grieving: Dispatches from a Wounded Country and the novels The Iliac Crest and The Taiga ... view more »

ADMISSION INFO

FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

Schedule of Events:

Borderlands Book Club Meeting
Date: February 16, 2021 | Time: 7:00pm Mountain Time
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Reading and Q&A with Julián Herbert & Cristina Rivera Garza
Date: February 18, 2021 | Time: 7:00pm Mountain Time
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Reading and Q&A with Fernanda Melchor & Eduardo Halfon
Date: February 19, 2021 | Time: 10:00am Mountain Time
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Roundtable with Julián Herbert, Cristina Rivera Garza, Fernanda Melchor & Eduardo Halfon
Date: February 19, 2021 | Time: 12:00pm Mountain Time
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LOCATION

Online/Virtual Space

Online/Virtual, UT 00000

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