NP Frees DETAINED in Texas: San Antonio
Pre-orders. Stock your family, public, or under ground library. https://www.nuestrapalabra.org/products/detained
Trinity University - Dicke Hall, #104.
1 Trinity Place, San Antonio, Texas 78212
Parking map: https://www.trinity.edu/directory/campus-map.
Park either in the Laurie Auditorium parking garage, Lot G, or in the Alamo Stadium Lot.
Nuestra Palabra and the Librotraficantes are proud to organize the Texas book for the powerful memoir DETAINED by D. Esperanza and Gerardo Ivan Morales. During the first Trump Administration, D. Esperanza was only a teenager when he was detained at the Immigration Detention Center in Tornillo, Texas, just outside of El Paso. He snuck in a notebook to tell his story. This May, that story becomes the book DETAINED with co-writer Gerardo Iván Morales.
Run Down for the evening
7 pm: Professor Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante, Dir. Nuestra Palabra, Master of Ceremonies
7:10 Dr. Kathryn Vomero Santos, Trinity University, Borderlands Shakespeare Colectiva
Excerpt from “Can’t Take The Hope We All Have” by Giovanna Arriaga, Lone Star College Houston North.
7:25 Dr. Octavio Quintanilla reads from his new collection of poems and reads an excerpt from DETAINED.
7:45 Dr. Tyler Davis, St. Mary’s University, introduces Gerardo Iván Morales
7:50 - 8:10 Gerardo Iván Morales, co-author, DETAINED.
Gerardo Iván Morales and Tony Diaz in conversation.
Index cards will be distributed so attendees can write their questions. We may not be able to get to all questions due to time constraints.
Book Signing. Purchase copies of DETAINED. Get them signed by Ivan and take photos with him. Proceeds benefit Latino authors, Latino publishers, and help Nuestra Palabra continue to give back to the community.
Pitch in to donate copies of DETAINED to Public and Under Ground Libraries: Together, we can inspire change! https://gofund.me/1f95c5f4
This is a powerful work that tells the unvarnished truth about the plight of many community members. In this political climate where some families are pushed into the shadows, we must stand up for them, for freedom of speech, for intellectual freedom, for human rights. We must inspire everyone to tell their story.
Nuestra Palabra is organizing launch events for the book in Houston, Austin, San Antonio, Dallas, and El Paso. Each city will influence each stop and feature speakers and stories from their community.
Book sales are handled by Nuestra Palabra.
Purchase extra copies to donate to the community and under ground libraries Nuestra Palabra and the Librotraficantes are organizing. If someone you know misses the event, tell them to order their copy at www.NuestraPalabra.org.
Free admission.
Sponsors:
Borderlands Shakespeare Colectiva
The Law Office of Carolina Ortuzar-Diaz, PLLC
The BIPOC Arts and Network Fund - BANF
Librotraficante
Email us to get involved: info@NuestraPalabra.org