Andrea Chapela and Kelsi Vanada on Virtual Book Tour for "The Visible Unseen"

Join author Andrea Chapela and translator Kelsi Vanada for virtual events celebrating Chapela’s prize-winning essay collection, The Visible Unseen, an exploration of the properties and poetics of glass, mirrors, and light as a means of understanding the self.

CONFIRMED EVENT DATES

October 11, 7:30pm EST / 6:30pm CT: Virtual conversation hosted by Community Bookstore in Brooklyn, NY

October 17, 7:00pm EST / 6:00pm CT: Virtual conversation hosted by Brazos Bookstore in Houston, TX

October 20, 7:00pm EST / 6:00pm CT: Virtual conversation hosted by Cafe con Libros in Brooklyn, NY

October 24, 9:00pm EST / 8:00pm CT: Virtual conversation hosted by Third Place Books in Lake Forest Park, WA

November 7, 7:00pm EST / 6:00pm CT: Virtual conversation hosted by Type Books in Toronto, ON, Canada

About the Author

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Andrea Chapela (Mexico City, 1990) has a degree in chemistry from the UNAM (National Autonomous University of Mexico) and an MFA in Spanish Creative Writing from the University of Iowa. She is the recipient of multiple awards including Mexico's José Luis Martínez National Prize for essays by young writers for The Visible Unseen. Her stories have been published in the journals Tierra Adentro, Este País, and in various anthologies. She was named one of Granta’s Best Young Spanish-Language Novelists in 2021.

About the Translator

Kelsi Vanada is a poet and translator from Spanish and Swedish. Her book-length translations include Damascus, Atlantis: Selected Poems by Marie Silkeberg (Terra Nova Press, 2021), which was longlisted for the 2022 PEN Poetry in Translation Award; as well as Into Muteness by Sergio Espinosa (Veliz Books, 2020) and The Eligible Age by Berta García Faet (Song Bridge Press, 2018). She published Rare Earth, a chapbook of original poems, in 2020 (Finishing Line Press). 

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