Chilean essayist, novelist, professor, and poet Marjorie Agosín speaks at the Michigan State University Main Library about her life, family and experiences in Chile and the United States. Professor Agosin discusses how being a Jewish Latin American has influenced her writing and relates the history of Jewish dislocation and the migration of her own family throughout the world. She also explains her development as a writer and discusses why she uses memoirs, poetry and novels to tell the story of Jews in Latin America living among German Nazi expatriates. Agosín reads several of her poems that illustrate her experiences. Rocío Quispe-Agnoli, Associate Professor of Colonial Latin American Studies at MSU, introduces Agosín. MSU librarian Mary Jo Zeter moderates. Sponsors of the event include the Michigan State University Libraries, MSU's Jewish Studies Program, and the MSU Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies. Part of the MSU Libraries' Colloquia Series.
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