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Join award-winning writers
Patricia Engel and Edwidge Danticat on Thursday for a virtual discussion about Engle s new novel,
Infinite Country, hosted by Books & Books. The story follows Talia as she desperately searches for a way back to her family after being incarcerated following an impulsive act of violence. Her father is waiting for her in Bogotá with a ticket to the U.S., where the rest of her family resides.
Infinite Country is a tale of family, love, and sacrifice and explores what it means to straddle two worlds and what challenges are faced by those living undocumented in the U.S.
A rendering of Najja Moon s monument Your Mommas Voice in the Back of Your Head (2020) in Collins Park Courtesy of the artist
In the ongoing cultural debate over what and who should be commemorated in public monuments, some new voices will join the conversation in Miami Beach come March. There, a sound shower of maternal affirmations, reminders and loving (or scolding) critiques, spoken by a chorus of women in English, Spanish and Creole, will pour out from a configuration of speakers mounted on a plinth and encased in radiant multi-toned glass in Collins Park, in front of the Bass Museum.