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Patricia Park - Imposter Syndrome and Other Confessions of Alejandra Kim - w/ Dolen Perkins-Valdez
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February 28, 2023
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49:31Now PlayingWatch author Patricia Park's book talk and reading at Politics and Prose bookstore in Washington, D.C.
Alejandra Verónica Kim doesn’t belong anywhere. At her wealthy Manhattan high school, her Spanish name and Korean face confound her mostly white classmates and teachers. In her Jackson Heights neighborhood, she’s not Latinx enough. Even at home, Ale feels unwelcome, especially since Papi's body was discovered on the subway tracks. Ale wants nothing more than to escape to prestigious Wyder University. But when a microaggression at school thrusts Ale into the spotlight—and into a discussion she didn’t ask for—Ale must discover what is means to carve out a space for yourself to belong.
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Patricia Park is an assistant professor of creative writing at American University, a Fulbright Scholar in Creative Arts, a Jerome Hill Artist Fellow, and the author of the acclaimed adult novel Re Jane. Patricia lives in Brooklyn, NY, and can be found online at patriciapark.com
Dolen Perkins-Valdez is the New York Times bestselling author of Wench (2010), Balm (2015), and most recently Take My Hand (2022). Take My Hand was named a Most Anticipated Book of 2022 by Newsweek, San Francisco Chronicle, Essence, NBC News, and elsewhere. Amazon named it a Top 20 Book of 2022 and an Editors’ Choice. She is a nominee for a 2023 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work. Dolen is the current Chair of the Board of the PEN/Faulkner Foundation.
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