Portland Book Festival: Jazmina Barrera on Cross-Stitch
Portland Art Museum | Portland, OR | 10th Anniversary Event
Mexican author Jazmina Barrera presents her debut novel, Cross-Stitch, translated by Christina MacSweeney, at the Portland Book Festival(opens in a new tab).
Pop-Up: Jazmina Barrera(opens in a new tab)
November 4 | 11:00 am
Portland Art Museum | 1219 SW Park Avenue | Portland, OR
Jazmina Barrera pops-up in the galleries for a bilingual reading from her debut novel Cross-Stitch.
Women’s Work: Jazmina Barrera & Michelle Wildgen(opens in a new tab)
November 4 | 1:00 pm
Portland Art Museum Miller Gallery | 1119 SW Park Avenue | Portland, OR
A debut novel of female friendship and coming-of-age from Mexico City to London and Paris from Jazmina Barrera. Michelle Wildgen’s novel is an intoxicating escape into the cutthroat world of wine and the complicated terrain of women’s friendship. Moderated by Fiona McCann.
Portland Book Festival General Admission Passes(opens in a new tab) are required for entry into all events. Passes are $15 in advance and $25 day of Festival. Youth 17 & under get in FREE. All full-priced General Admission Passes include a $5 book fair voucher and entry into Portland Art Museum. Passes admit attendees to the Festival; individual events are first-come, first-served.
Jazmina Barrera’s books have been published in nine countries and translated to English, Dutch, Portuguese, Italian, and French. Her book Cuerpo extraño (Foreign Body) was awarded the Latin American Voices prize by Literal Publishing, and On Lighthouses was chosen for the Indie Next list by IndieBound. Linea Nigra was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle’s Gregg Barrios Book in Translation Prize, the National Book Critics Circle Autobiography Prize, CANIEM’s Book of the Year award, and the Amazon Primera Novela (First Novel) Award. She is editor and co-founder of Ediciones Antílope. She lives in Mexico City.