Documenting the Undocumented

Join Karla Cornejo Villavicencio, author of the National Book Award finalist The Undocumented Americans, which chronicles her own immigration story and profiles undocumented immigrants across the United States. Her debut novel, Catalina, is a national bestseller and has been longlisted for the National Book Award. Her work, which focuses on race, culture, and immigration, has appeared in The New York Times, The New Yorker, Elle, This American Life, n+1, The New Inquiry, and Vogue. She will discuss the importance of challenging dominant narratives and stereotypes in her writing, as well as her experiences writing in both fiction and nonfiction.

Ms. Cornejo Villavicencio's Athenaeum presentation is co-sponsored by CMC's Center for Writing and Public Discourse, and by Chicano Latino Student Affairs (CLSA).