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ICA Reads: VALERIA LUISELLI with JILL MEDVEDOW

April 5, 2018 | 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Free

Writer VALERIA LUISELLI’s latest nonfiction book, Tell Me How It Ends: An Essay in Forty Questions, is a short, insightful retelling of her personal experience as a translator for children migrating to the United States, predominantly from Central America; her innovative storytelling humanizes a fraught and contentious topic.

Join Luiselli at the ICA as she discusses the process of writing this powerful book, the need for “mapping” stories, and her thoughts on the similarities between novels and contemporary art with JILL MEDVEDOW, Ellen Matilda Poss Director. Book signing to follow.

Details

Date:
April 5, 2018
Time:
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Cost:
Free
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Website:
https://www.icaboston.org/events/ica-reads-valeria-luiselli-jill-medvedow

Venue

Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston
25 Harbor Shore Drive
Boston, MA 02210 United States
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Phone:
617-478-3100
Website:
https://www.icaboston.org

Did You Know?

Certain books were “banned in Boston” at least as far back as 1651, when one William Pynchon wrote a book criticizing Puritanism.