About this Event
This month we'll be discussing the memoir Solito, by Javier Zamora. As always, our number one priority is creating comunidad. So please feel free to attend even if you didn't get a chance to finish the book this month.
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Where to find the book
You can find a copy of their book on Bookshop.org here
Purchase through Estelita's Library's Bookshop.org storefront, and you'll support Seattle's local Black/Brown-owned justice-focused community bookstore & lending library.
You can also find the book at Seattle Public Library in print, ebook , and audiobook formats.
About the Author and Book
Javier Zamora was born in La Herradura, El Salvador in 1990. When he was a year old, his father fled El Salvador due to the US-funded Salvadoran Civil War (1980-1992). His mother followed in her husband’s footsteps in 1995 when Javier was about to turn five. Zamora was left at the care of his grandparents, who helped raise him until he migrated to the US when he was nine. His first poetry collection, (Copper Canyon Press, September 2017), explores some of these themes.
In his debut New York Times bestselling memoir, Solito, Javier retells his nine-week odyssey across Guatemala, Mexico, and eventually through the Sonoran Desert. He travelled unaccompanied by boat, bus, and foot. After a coyote abandoned his group in Oaxaca, Javier managed to make it to Arizona with the aid of other migrants.
Zamora was a 2018-2019 Radcliffe Fellow at Harvard University and holds fellowships from CantoMundo, Colgate University (Olive B. O'Connor), MacDowell, Macondo, the National Endowment for the Arts, Poetry Foundation (Ruth Lilly), Stanford University (Stegner), and Yaddo. He is the recipient of a 2017 Lannan Literary Fellowship, the 2017 Narrative Prize, and the 2016 Barnes & Noble Writer for Writers Award for his work in the Undocupoets Campaign.
Javier lives in Tucson, AZ.
2024 Meeting Dates & Book Picks
- Sat. 1/20/24 - The House of Spirits, Isabel Allende
- Sat. 2/24/24 - Racial Innocence, Tanya Katerí Hernández
- Sat. 3/23/24 - Banana, Paul Hlava Ceballos
- Sat. 4/20/24 - Solito, Javier Zamora
- Sat. 5/18/24- Brown Girl in the Ring, Nalo Hopkinson
- Sat. Jun, TBD - Ander & Santi Were Here, Jonny Garza Villa
- Sat. Jul, TBD - You Sound Like a White Girl, Julissa Arce
- Sat. Aug, TBD - Gods of Jade and Shadow, Silvia Moreno-Garcia
- Sat. Sep, TBD - ¡Hola Papi!, John Paul Brammer
- Sat. Oct, TBD - Our Shadows Have Claws, Yamile Saied Méndez & more
- Sat. Nov, TBD - Plantains and Our Becoming, Melania Luisa Marte
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
El Quetzal, 3211 Beacon Ave S, Seattle, United States
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