Author Visit
Ingrid Rojas Contreras
Sunday, September 27
1:00pm - 2:30pm
East Las Vegas Library
Multipurpose Room 1Enjoy an afternoon with bestselling novelist, Ingrid Rojas Contreras, including a live conversation, audience Q&A, and book signing.
Ingrid Rojas Contreras tells stories that examine the complex narratives of family and ancestry, the worlds of women, history and colonialism, and marginalized cultures.
Hailed as “original, politically daring, and passionately written” by Vogue, her breakout novel, Fruit of the Drunken Tree, earned the silver medal winner in First Fiction from the California Book Awards, was longlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award, and was a New York Times Editor’s Choice, an Indie Next Pick, and a Barnes and Noble “Discover Great New Writers” selection.
Rojas Contreras’ latest book, The Man Who Could Move Clouds, is a genre-bending memoir that interweaves family lore, Colombian history, and raises fundamental questions about what is magical, what is real, and who gets to decide. With a narrative that jumps time, embraces oral history, and unravels forgotten stories, The Man Who Could Move Clouds was named a “Best Book of the Year” by Time, NPR, Vulture, People, Boston Globe, Esquire, and a winner of the California Book Award, and was both a Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award finalist. Her latest work of nonfiction, Matriarchies, will be published in 2027.
The conversation will be bilingual (English/Spanish).
Free and open to the public. Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis and may be limited. For more information, please call 702.507.3532.
AGE GROUP: | Seniors | Adults |
EVENT TYPE: | Lectures & Conversations | Books, Poetry & Writing |
East Las Vegas Library
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This 41,015-square-foot library was completed in 2019 and is in the heart of the Latino community serving its residents with over 50,000 volumes. As the newest addition to the Library District, this location emphasizes many Spanish and bilingual materials, resources, and programs. It offers career services through the EmployNV Career Hub, where customers have access to computer labs, skills training, and employment programs, as well as the Built from Scratch Tech Lab, which provides access to music production and video editing workstations, DJ equipment, and a sound booth.
