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Valeria Luiselli & Frank Báez

literature
Calendar

Thursday 20 June 2019

Time

20:00 - 21:00

Location

Zaal 3

Interviewer

Persis Bekkering

During this double edition of BorderKitchen both authors will be interviewed (in English) by Persis Bekkering. After the interview the Luiselli and Báez will be available to sign books. Our favourite bookseller De Vries Van Stockum Den Haag is also present with Dutch and English copies of the books.

Valeria Luiselli

AUTHOR

Valeria Luiselli

Award-winning author Valeria Luiselli is a globetrotter, but finds her subjects closer to home, as a Mexican living in Trump’s United States - which is almost considered suspicious. In her latest novel, Lost Children Archive (published by Das Mag,) she puts her protagonists on both sides of the border. She describes a Mexican-American family travelling from New York to border territory in Arizona, with David Bowie as their radio companion. Their journey is interspersed with stories of parentless children seeking refuge in ‘the promised land’. When the American children go missing, everything comes together in this roman à clef.

Valeria Luiselli (1983, Mexico City) is a Mexican author of (short) fiction and essays. She has published several novels and many other works.

Frank Báez

AUTHOR

Frank Báez

Frank Báez is also a traveller pur sang. The poet has traversed the globe, always finding a writing table to express all he had experienced. His poems speak of civilisations both ancient and modern, of classical subjects and pop culture, and the Latin compared to the Western world. During his visit to BorderKitchen, he will present his collection Anoche soñé que era un DJ or Last Night I Dreamt I Was A DJ - published by Karaat. Its leitmotif is water - through waves and ripples, the poet always returns to the essence of life.

Frank Báez (1978, Santo Domingo) is a Dominican poet. has published his work in literary magazines all over the world.

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