Latinidad: Past, Present, and Future

All PEN World Voices Festival tickets are non-refundable. Please confirm the time and location of your event before finalizing your purchase.

Preeminent writers and historians explore the past, present, and future of Latinidad in Los Angeles. A leading scholar of race, immigration, and mass incarceration, author Kelly Lytle Hernández offers illuminating insights into the history of race, politics, and the borderlands. Historian George J. Sanchez, renowned for his scholarly work on race, labor, and migration, is an expert on under-known histories of ethnic interaction in 20th-century Los Angeles. Joined by Pulitzer-prize-winning writer Héctor Tobar, these three luminaries will discuss the possibilities and paradoxes of the 20th and 21st-century Latino experience in the City of Angels.

The 2024 PEN World Voices Festival, the 20th anniversary of the festival, will be a celebration of world literature and free expression. Over four days, over 100 writers from nearly 30 countries will be featured in engaging talks, panels, readings, and performances in New York City and greater Los Angeles.

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Event Venue & Nearby Stays

The Preserve LA, 1370 North Saint Andrews Place, Los Angeles, United States