Author Jennifer De Leon discusses her debut young adult novel, "Don't Ask Me Where I'm From." The story follows Liliana Cruz, a first-generation American Latinx does what it takes to fit in at her new nearly all-white school. But when family secrets spill out and racism at school ramps up, she must decide what she believes in and take a stand.
Jennifer De Leon is the author of "Don’t Ask Me Where I’m From" (Atheneum/Simon & Schuster, 2020) and the editor of "Wise Latinas" (University of Nebraska Press). An Assistant Professor of Creative Writing at Framingham State University, and a GrubStreet instructor and board member, she has published prose in over a dozen literary journals, including Ploughshares, Iowa Review, and Michigan Quarterly Review. Her essay collection, "White Space: Essays on Culture, Race, & Writing," is the recipient of the Juniper Prize and will be published by UMass Press in Spring 2021. She lives outside of Boston with her husband and two sons.
Jennifer will be interviewed by Lupita Aquino (@Lupita.Reads) and Nick Brown of PGCMLS. Co-presented with the Prince George's County Human Relations Commission and Loyalty Bookstores.
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AGE GROUP: | Teen (13-18 yrs) | Adults |
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