Javier Zamora, "Solito," with Claudia Castro Luna

317 17th Avenue South,Seattle WA 98144

10 September, 2022

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We are delighted to present acclaimed poet Javier Zamora on the occasion of his extraordinary memoir about coming to the U.S. as an undocumented child from El Salvador, Solito: A Memoir (Hogarth). “Poet Zamora presents an immensely moving story of desperation and hardship in this account of his childhood migration from El Salvador to the U.S.“ —Publishers Weekly “An instant classic, not only of the United States of America, but of all the Americas . . . Javier Zamora has elevated the ‘child migrant story’ to new literary heights.”—Jose Antonio Vargas. We will have copies of Solito in both its English-language original and the Spanish-language edition. Javier Zamora is also the poet of a stunning first book of poetry, Unaccompanied, from nearby Copper Canyon Press. Seattle poet Claudia Castro Luna, herself also originally from El Salvador, will join Javier Zamora in conversation. Seattle’s first Civic Poet, and a two-term Washington State Poet Laureate, she is most recently the author of a powerful new book of poems, Cipota Under the Moon (Tia Chucha Press). This evening is co-presented with our community partners and colleagues at Casa Latina - and is presented at Casa Latina through their grace and generosity. Casa Latina, a non-profit organization founded in 1994, also has its major fundraising gala on the near horizon, En Camino, on September 24 at the Westin Hotel. Information on that and much more at the Casa Latina website. This event is free and open to the public.