NP Frees DETAINED in Texas: Dallas
Texas is showing up! After great events in San Antonio, Austin, Houston, and El Paso, we culminate The Texas Tour for the release of the book DETAINED in Dallas.
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.
Everyone who purchases a copy of DETAINED at the book release party will be entered to win one a pair of tickets to the Texas Monthly Taco Fest Sat. May 31 in Grand Prairie, Texas, Epic Central, Saturday, May 31, 2025.
DETAINED 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.
Run Down for the evening
7 pm: Professor Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante, Dir. Nuestra Palabra, Master of Ceremonies
7:10 Poet Tammy Melody Gomez
7:20 Rodrigo Bravo, Producer
7:30 Gerardo Iván Morales, co-author, DETAINED.
Gerardo Iván Morales and Tony Diaz in conversation.
Q and A
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. Purchase a copy DETAINED, and you will be entered into a drawing for two free passes to the Texas Monthly Taco Fest at Epic Central in Grand Prairie, Sat. May 31, 5pm - 8:30 pm.
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.
Book sales are handled by Nuestra Palabra. They will be available on-site for purchase. Get your copy for your family library and get Gerardo Iván Morales to sign it. He befriended D. Esparanza when he served as one of the teachers in Tornillo, Texas, and they struck up a lifelong friendship that helped D. Esparanza navigate the turmoil he faced.
If someone you know misses the event, tell them to order their copy at www.NuestraPalabra.org.
Sponsors:
Sponsors:
Borderlands Shakespeare Colectiva
YWCA of Greater Austin
El Buen Samaritano
Monday Paper
Las Comadres de las Americas
The Brown Foundation
HABLA
The Law Office of Carolina Ortuzar-Diaz, PLLC
The BIPOC Arts and Network Fund - BANF
Librotraficante
The Falstaff
Oak Cliff Cultural Center
FIEL
Email us to get involved: info@NuestraPalabra.org
Contact: info@NuestraPalabra.org, (832) 664-1180
Pre-orders: https://www.nuestrapalabra.org/products/detained