Héctor Tobar’s book, Our Migrant Souls: A Meditation on Race and the Meanings and Myths of “Latino”, is the result of his travels across the country and research examining what it means to be part of a large and growing community that remains marginalized. Written for young people who identify or have been identified as “Latino,” Tobar explores his own family’s story within the context of a historical and social account of Latinos in America. Ingrid Rojas Contreras’ The Man Who Could Move Clouds, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award, is an evocative memoir of the author’s Colombian family and “the secrets” possessed by her mother and maternal grandfather — a mystical ability to heal the sick, see into the future, and communicate with the dead. Join Tobar and Rojas Contreras to discuss their very different works that bear the common threads of community, culture, and family.

FESTIVAL FRIENDS PASS SESSION

AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETATION 

Moderator: Rubén Degollado

Book Signing: 5:15 PM at Main Signing TentHéctor Tobar, Ingrid Rojas Contreras, Our Migrant Souls, The Man Who Could Move CloudsHéctor Tobar, Ingrid Rojas Contreras, Our Migrant Souls, The Man Who Could Move CloudsHéctor Tobar, Ingrid Rojas Contreras, Our Migrant Souls, The Man Who Could Move CloudsHéctor Tobar, Ingrid Rojas Contreras, Our Migrant Souls, The Man Who Could Move CloudsHéctor Tobar, Ingrid Rojas Contreras, Our Migrant Souls, The Man Who Could Move Clouds