Mar 11 2019
Valeria Luiselli - Novelist & Essayist Presented by Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures

Valeria Luiselli - Novelist & Essayist Presented by Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures

Presented by Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures at Carnegie Music Hall (Oakland)

Valeria Luiselli was born in Mexico City. Her critically acclaimed narrative Tell Me How It Ends: An Essay in Forty Questions has been described as a call to action and “vital for understanding the crisis that immigrants to the U.S. are facing” (Publisher’s Weekly).

Luiselli is the author of the award-winning novels The Story of My Teeth and Faces in the Crowd, and the essay collection SidewalksTell Me How It Ends was a finalist for the 2017 National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism. Her work has appeared in the New York TimesGrantaHarper’s and McSweeney’s. Luiselli has earned the title of one of the 20 best Mexican writers under 40, as well as National Book Foundation’s ‘5 under 35’ award.

Tell Me How It Ends is structured around the forty questions Valeria Luiselli translates and asks undocumented Latin American children facing deportation. Her writing humanizes these young migrants and highlights the contradiction between the idea of America as a fiction for immigrants and the reality of racism and fear—both here and back home.

Admission Info

Price: $15-35

Tickets may be purchased online, by phone, or at the door from 6:30 p.m. on the day of the event.

Phone: 412.622.8866

Email: info@pittsburghlectures.org

Dates & Times

2019/03/11 - 2019/03/11

Additional time info:

Join us in the Music Hall Foyer after the lecture to get your book signed or personalized. Classic Lines will have books for sale.

Location Info

Carnegie Music Hall (Oakland)

4400 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213

Accessibility Info

To ensure we can accommodate your request, please identify any accessibility needs via email prior to the lecture.