We cannot wait for you to join us as we ch at with award-winning and bestselling author Xochitl Gonzalez about her ne west novel \;Anita de Monte Laughs Last. \;
\nA nita de Monte Laughs Last \;is a propulsive\, witty examination o f power\, love\, and art\, daring to ask who gets to be remembered and who is left behind in the rarefied world of the elite. In \;1985. Anita d e Monte\, a rising star in the art world\, is found dead in New York City\ ; her tragic death is the talk of the town. Until it isn&rsquo\;t. By 1998 Anita&rsquo\;s name had been all but forgotten―certainly by the ti me Raquel\, a third-year art history student was preparing her final thesi s. On College Hill\, surrounded by privileged students whose futures are a lready paved out for them\, Raquel feels like an outsider. Students of col or\, like her\, are the minority there\, and the pressure to work twice as hard for the same opportunities is no secret. But when Raquel becomes rom antically involved with a well-connected older art student\, she finds her self unexpectedly rising up the social ranks. As she attempts to straddle both worlds\, she stumbles upon Anita&rsquo\;s story\, raising questions a bout the dynamics of her own relationship\, which eerily mirrors that of t he forgotten artist.
\nMoving back and forth through time and told f rom the perspectives of both Anita and Raquel\, this is sure a novel (and a conversation) that you don&rsquo\;t want to miss. Register now!
\nAbout the Author
\nXochitl Gonzalez is the \;New York Times&nb sp\;bestselling author of \;Olga Dies Dreaming. Named Best of 2022 by \;The New York Times\, TIME\, \;Kir kus\, \;Washington Post\, and \;NPR\, \ ;Olga Dies Dreaming \;was the winner of the Brooklyn Public L ibrary Book Prize in Fiction and the New York City Book Award. Gonzalez is a 2021 MFA graduate from the Iowa Writers&rsquo\; Workshop. Her nonfictio n work has been published in \;Elle Decor\, \;Allure< /em>\, Vogue\, \;Real Simple\, and \;The Cut . Her commentary writing for \;The Atlantic \;was re cognized as a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. A native Brooklynite and pr oud public school graduate\, Gonzalez holds a BA from Brown University and lives in her hometown of Brooklyn with her dog\, Hectah Lavoe.
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