[caption id="attachment_304024" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] Golda Sargento (l) with Author Elaine Castillo (r)[/caption]

Welcome to 2019! To kick off the year, we have a conversation with the author of one of the most exciting books of 2018, Elaine Castillo, who released her debut novel, America is Not the Heart [1]. The book follows a medic in the Marcos Era New People’s Army who eventually makes it to the Bay Area suburb of Milpitas. She lives with her mixed-immigration-status family, as a queer, undocumented child care provider. A Spotify playlist [2]Elaine created with music from the '90s that inspired her novel can be heard by following the link.

Elaine is in conversation with Golda Sargento, co-owner of Arkipelago Books [3], KPFA graduate apprentice, and resident artist at Bindlestiff Studio. 

This reading is part of a series between Eastwind Books and Oakland Asian Cultural Center. For upcoming events, check out their Facebook page [4].

 

[1] https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34939312-america-is-not-the-heart

[2] https://open.spotify.com/user/kamustakanamare/playlist/2ytdyYQRkNyZ7CHr2mWkwp?si=o84pE3dITDGc4L_9k9bLDA

[3] https://www.arkipelagobooks.com/

[4] https://www.facebook.com/pg/eastwindbooksberkeley/events/?ref=page_internal