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SUMMARY:Virtual Author Talk: Javier Zamora 
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DESCRIPTION:In an online author talk\, Javier Zamora discusses his award-w
 inning memoir\, "Solito." Register to receive the link to join and submit 
 questions..\nhttps://neworleans.libnet.info/event/11867374
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Tune in for a conversation with&nbsp\;<em>
 New York Times</em>&nbsp\;bestselling author Javier Zamora as he chats abo
 ut his tale of survival and perseverance as told in his award-winning memo
 ir&nbsp\;<em>Solito</em>.&nbsp\;&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>Zamora&rsquo\;s&nbsp\;adve
 nture&nbsp\;is a three-thousand-mile journey from his small town in El Sal
 vador\, through Guatemala and Mexico\, and across the U.S. border. He will
  leave behind his beloved aunt and grandparents to reunite with a mother w
 ho left four years ago and a father he barely remembers. Traveling alone a
 mid a group of strangers and a &ldquo\;coyote&rdquo\; hired to lead them t
 o safety\, Javier expects his trip to last two short weeks.</p>\n<p>At nin
 e years old\, all Javier can imagine is rushing into his parents&rsquo\; a
 rms\, snuggling in bed between them\, and living under the same roof again
 . He cannot foresee the perilous boat trips\, relentless desert treks\, po
 inted guns\, arrests and deceptions that await him\; nor can he know that 
 those two weeks will expand into two life-altering months alongside fellow
  migrants who will come to encircle him like an unexpected family.</p>\n<p
 ><em>Solito&nbsp\;</em>provides an immediate and intimate account not only
  of a treacherous and near-impossible journey\, but also of the miraculous
  kindness and love delivered at the most unexpected moments.&nbsp\;<em>Sol
 ito</em>&nbsp\;is Javier Zamora&rsquo\;s story\, but it&rsquo\;s also the 
 story of millions of others who had no choice but to leave home.&nbsp\;</p
 >\n<p>Javier Zamora was born in El Salvador in 1990. His father fled the c
 ountry when he was one\, and his mother when he was about to turn five. Bo
 th parents&rsquo\; migrations were caused by the U.S.-funded Salvadoran Ci
 vil War. When he was nine Javier migrated through Guatemala\, Mexico\, and
  the Sonoran Desert. His debut poetry collection\,&nbsp\;<em>Unaccompanied
 </em>\, explores the impact of the war and immigration on his family. Zamo
 ra has been a Stegner Fellow at Stanford and a Radcliffe Fellow at Harvard
  and holds fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Po
 etry Foundation.</p>\n<p>Este programa ser&aacute\; ofrecido en Espa&ntild
 e\;ol el s&aacute\;bado\, 9 de noviembre a la 1pm: <a href="https://librar
 yc.org/nolalibrary/59867">Sobre la migraci&oacute\;n infantil desde Centro
 am&eacute\;rica&mdash\;En conversaci&oacute\;n con Javier Zamora</a></p>\n
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