On February 26, Americas Quarterly hosted a conversation between AQ Editor-in-Chief Brian Winter and Marie Arana, author of LatinoLand (Simon & Schuster, February 2024). Arana’s latest book is sweeping yet personal overview of the Latino population of America, drawn from hundreds of interviews and prodigious research that emphasizes the diversity and little-known history of its largest and fastest-growing minority.
Speakers:
- Marie Arana, author of LatinoLand @aranama
- Brian Winter, editor-in-chief of Americas Quarterly @brazilbrian
Marie Arana is the author of the memoir American Chica, a finalist for the National Book Award; two novels, Cellophane and Lima Nights; the prizewinning biography Bolívar; Silver, Sword, and Stone, a narrative history of Latin America; The Writing Life, a collection from her well-known column for The Washington Post; and LatinoLand. She is the inaugural Literary Director of the Library of Congress and lives in Washington, DC, and Lima, Peru.
