#DominicanReaders July Book Club

On this day Dominican Writers and La Sala Talks will host a backyard BBQ and as part of this event we will host our 2nd book club meet up to discuss "Para Cenar Habra Nostalgia by Fior E. Plasencia. 

The agony of being an immigrant and not being in a constant place is spilled wrathfully and fairly on the pages of Para Cenar Habrá Nostalgia. In the midst of arrival procedures, fatigued train rides, living adaptations, and a very loud Dominican accent, Fior E. Plasencia presents a collection of poems that excavates the damage experienced since she and her family departed from the Dominican Republic to the United States. Fior also reveals a more familiar devastation: a journey with her body and soul growing up in the neglected parts of New York City. The persistent sensation of returning to her native country is sensed in her multilingual words, yet, they…