Catalyst Series for Social Justice: Kali Fajardo-Anstine

2148 South High Street,Denver CO 80208

20 January, 2022

Description

Kali will touch on her book “Sabrina & Corina” and explores how storytelling is a way to retain history through social justice. Save the date for our next event in our Catalyst Series as we present Kali Fajardo-Anstine on Thursday, January 20, 2022 at 4 pm MT. This interactive event will be in-person at the University of Denver’s campus. Kali will touch on her book “Sabrina & Corina” and explores how storytelling is a way to retain history through social justice. Kali magnetic story collection breathes life into her Latina characters of indigenous ancestry and the land they inhabit in the American West. Against the remarkable backdrop of Denver, Colorado—a place that is as fierce as it is exquisite—these women navigate the land the way they navigate their lives: with caution, grace, and quiet force. Kali Fajardo-Anstine is from Denver, Colorado. The author of Sabrina & Corina, a finalist for the National Book Award, the PEN/Bingham Prize, The Clark Prize, The Story Prize, the Saroyan International Prize, and winner of an American Book Award, she is the 2021 recipient of the Addison M. Metcalf Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Her work has been honored with the Denver Mayor’s Award for Global Impact in the Arts and the Mountains and Plains Independent Booksellers Association Reading the West Award. She has written for The New York Times, Harper’s Bazaar, ELLE, O: the Oprah Magazine, The American Scholar, Boston Review, and elsewhere, and has received fellowships from MacDowell, Yaddo, Hedgebrook, and Tin House. Fajardo-Anstine earned her MFA from the University of Wyoming and has lived across the country, from Durango, Colorado, to Key West, Florida. Note that this event is in-person and on the campus of the University of Denver and COVID-19 protocols will be followed for entry. Details to come in 2022. The University of Denver Graduate School of Social Work is the place for people of purpose — diverse, creative educators, scholars and social workers who advance social justice through courageous ideas and action. Our work is guided by evidence, driven by our community and inspired by Colorado’s spirit of discovery, innovation and openness.