Funeral for Flaca: The Book Tour - DENVER, CO

3434 West 32nd Avenue,Denver CO 80211

20 September, 2021

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You're invited to the FUNERAL FOR FLACA Western U.S. book tour celebrating Emilly Prado's debut essay collection. “Utterly vulnerable, bold, and unique” —Ms. Magazine This memoir-in-essays spans Emilly Prado's life and shares her experience of what it was like to grow up a first-and-half-generation Chicana in white places. It's about the difficulties of coming of age and into adulthood, navigating trauma, and finding healing. Meet author Emilly Prado (FUNERAL FOR FLACA) and Manuel Aragon at this conversation and book signing hosted by West Side Books. Outdoor event. Books available for purchase. You can learn more about Funeral for Flaca here and see all tour dates here. About the Writers Emilly Prado is a writer, community organizer, and the prose instructor at the Independent Publishing Resource Center in Portland, Oregon. When not writing or teaching, Emilly moonlights as DJ Mami Miami with Noche Libre, the Latinx DJ collective she co-founded in 2017. Her debut essay collection, Funeral for Flaca, was selected as #YosiBookClub summer reading pick and has been called, “Utterly vulnerable, bold, and unique,” by Ms. Magazine. Funeral for Flaca is out now with Future Tense Books. Learn more at www.emillyprado.com or social media @emillygprado. Manuel Aragon is a Latinx writer, director, and filmmaker from Denver, CO. His work has appeared in ANMLY. His short story, "A Violent Noise," was nominated for the 2020 PEN/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize for Emerging Writers. He is a 2021 Periplus Collective Fellow. More Praise for FUNERAL FOR FLACA “I felt these essays deep in my heart. Funeral for Flaca by Emilly Prado is like a Chicana punk rock ballad in prose. Soulful and brave, these essays of Prado’s life made me feel less lonely, less outcasted, and more seen—and isn’t that why we come to books in the first place?” —Kali Fajardo-Anstine, author of Sabrina & Corina “Emilly Prado’s Funeral for Flaca is a piece-by-piece collection of essays that forge a radical new form of storytelling. Part music and lyric, part coming of age Chicana memoir, part punk fuck you to cultural inscription and erasure. The thing about the traumatized body is that sometimes someone speaks back, and the story will shatter the walls. The book is a resuscitation of the self. This book is a love song.” —Lidia Yuknavitch, author of The Chronology of Water and Verge “This book is brilliant. It tells the unique stories of what it means to grow up Latina in the U.S. and the universal experiences of love, coming of age and finding your own voice and self. Prado weaves personal stories that make you laugh, cry and give you hope for the future.” —Cristina Tzintzún Ramirez, author and co-editor of Presente! “Once I started reading Funeral for Flaca, I could not stop. The series of essays traverses Prado’s life and weaves a narrative that is gripping and beautifully told. Each essay is a finely crafted tribute to periods in Prado’s labyrinthine path, intersecting trauma, pathology, loss and, ultimately, perseverance and healing.” —Lisa Congdon, artist and author of Find Your Artistic Voice “Funeral for Flaca is a trip. Emilly Prado smacks traditional memoirs in the face with this evocative collection of essays. Tackling anorexia, a tumultuous father-daughter relationship, and all the snap-crackle-pop of dark humor, Funeral for Flaca has everything your hood emo heart has ever wanted. Read it and give it as a gift to your goth baby cousin.” —Gabby Rivera, author of Juliet Takes a Breath “Funeral for Flaca isn't just stories—it's also a mixtape, delivering beautifully-rendered stories to a soundtrack. The book shares experiences that anyone who's been a kid could recognize.” — “State of Wonder” on Oregon Public Broadcasting "I felt invited to join Emilly Prado on her journey. Reading Funeral for Flaca felt like music feels when you are intoxicated; I found myself picking this book up even when I thought I was done reading for the day. I felt engulfed in her world. I understood her stories in a very intimate way that only others who share a similar journey to your own can reflect. It is a beautiful book, told phenomenally." —Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodríguez, Latina Rebels founder and author of For Brown Girls with Sharp Edges and Tender Hearts: A Love Letter to WOC