July 12, 2012, Thursday - Talk of the Stacks with Esmeralda Santiago at Central Library

Time: 7:00pm

Location: Pohlad Hall at Central Library, 300 Nicollet Mall

Talk of the Stacks: Esmeralda Santiago

Esmeralda Santiago is the author of the critically acclaimed books When I Was Puerto Rican, Almost a Woman, The Turkish Lover and América’s Dream. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, The Boston Globe, and Good Housekeeping, among other publications.  Born in Puerto Rico, she graduated magna cum laude from Harvard and now lives in New York. Her newest novel, Conquistadora, set in the 1800s, tells two coming-of-age stories: one of the daughter of Spanish aristocrats who becomes head of a plantation in the new world, and the other of Puerto Rico itself.

Program is free and open to the public. Seating is first-come, first-served. Program begins at 7 PM. Doors open at 6:15 PM. Book sale and signing follow presentation. For more information: 612.543.8107.

A program of Friends of the Hennepin County Library. Premier sponsor: The Private Client Reserve of U.S. Bank. Supporting sponsor: Dorsey and Whitney LLP. Additional support provided by Marquette Hotel, Minn Post and Magers and Quinn Booksellers