Jazmina Barrera pops-up for a bilingual (Spanish & English) reading in the Portland Art Museum galleries with her debut novel Cross-Stitch.
Barrera is paired with the artwork Beloved/Beryl Olivia by Adriene Cruz; found in the Black Artists of Oregon exhibit, on the 2nd floor of the Portland Art Museum.
A debut novel of female friendship and coming-of-age from Jazmina Barrera, acclaimed author of Linea Nigra and On Lighthouses, translated by Christina MacSweeney.
It was meant to be the trip of a lifetime. Mila, Citlali, and Dalia, childhood friends now college aged, leave Mexico City for the London of The Clash and the Paris of Gustave Courbet. They anticipate the bookstores, cafés, and crushes, but not the realization that they are steadily, inevitably growing apart.
Portland Book Festival General Admission Passes 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. More info here.