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The Edelstein-Keller Visiting Writer Series presents nonfiction writer Daisy Hernández reading from her most recent book, Citizenship: Notes on an American Myth (Hogarth Press, 2026). Presented by the Creative Writing Program in the Department of English, this in-person event is free; no tickets or reservations necessary. ASL provided. For further questions about accessibility services and the venue, please email [email protected] or call 612-626-1528.
Hernández is also the author of The Kissing Bug: A True Story of a Family, an Insect, and a Nation’s Neglect of a Deadly Disease (Tin House, 2021), which won the PEN/Jean Stein Book Award and was selected as an inaugural title for the National Book Foundation’s Science + Literature Program. The book was named a top 10 nonfiction book of 2021 by Time Magazine and was a finalist for the New American Voices Award. She has spoken about the subject of her book—neglected disease and racial disparities in healthcare—on MSNBC and also with the Carter Center and the Pan American Health Organization.
Her memoir A Cup of Water Under My Bed (Beacon Press, 2014) won the IPPY Award for best coming-of-age memoir and Lambda Literary’s Dr. Betty Berzon Emerging Writer Award. The memoir was also a Publishing Triangle Award finalist.
Info: cla.umn.edu/english/news-events/events/daisy-hernandez-reading
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310 Pillsbury Dr SE, Minneapolis, MN, United States, Minnesota 55455
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