Marisol Delarosa

2 months ago | publicseminar.org | Marisol Delarosa |Mary Karmelek |Alexander Sorondo |Josephine Houman

Hollywood Inn sign, Motel Drive, Fresno, California (1987) | John Margolies / Library of Congress / No known restrictionsI was prepared to laugh my way through Danzy Senna’s sixth novel, Colored Television (Riverhead, 2024), after reading review after review touting the book as a comedy.

Dec 11, 2024 | publicseminar.org | Marisol Delarosa |Luis Jaramillo |Josephine Houman |Albert Nguyen

A covenstead? (2007) | neiljmh / CC BY-ND 2.0In his debut novel, The Witches of El Paso (Primero Sueño Press and Atria Books, 2024),Luis Jaramillo provides readers a sweeping multi-generational story about Nena, a woman living in World War II–era El Paso who begs for a new life and finds herself transported to colonial Mexico, where she learns to cultivate her magical powers with an aquelarre (coven) of nuns.