A Conversation with Javier Zamora: Home, Identity, and the Immigrant Experience
The Rutgers–New Brunswick Libraries Summer Session presents Author Talk with Javier Zamora as he discusses his New York Times best-selling book "Solito" with moderator, Rutgers English department faculty member, Ben Purkert. Zamora shares his harrowing journey and explores how identity influences our ideas of home, and brings humanity and warmth to the figure of the “immigrant,” stressing there are always moments of joy, love, and hope, even in the worst of circumstances. Zamora puts a face to child immigrants and the humanitarian crisis along the US-Mexico border.