How Hispanic Heritage Shapes Storytelling: Missouri’s 2024 Great Reads from Great Places

Join Missouri Humanities for a FREE virtual event on Thursday, October 24, at 6:30 pm Central Time, celebrating Missouri’s 2024 Great Reads from Great Places authors! Registration is required.

Maria Vasquez Boyd, producer/host of Artspeak Radio, will moderate a lively conversation with award-winning authors Pedro Martín (Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir) and Desideria Mesa (Bindle Punk Bruja). Discover their connections to Missouri, behind-the-scenes insights into their works, and how their Hispanic heritage has shaped their storytelling.

An audience Q&A will follow the conversation.

Be a part of the celebration! Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/

This program is presented in coordination with the Missouri Center for the Book Planning Team and was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum & Library Services.