Harvard Graduate Esmeralda Santiago presents her new book

Nuestra Palabra: Latino Writers Having Their Say hosts Harvard graduate Esmeralda Santiago as she presents her new book THE TURKISH LOVER, in conjunction with the Latin American Art exhibit Inverted Utopias, Wednesday, September 8, from 6 PM – 8 PM at the Museum of Fine Arts, 5601 Main Street, in the Beck Building. A book signing and reception with complimentary finger foods and beverages will follow this free literary event.

From the author of When I Was Puerto Rican and Almost a Woman comes a long-awaited new memoir: the emotionally and psychologically charged story of an exotic and dangerous love affair.

Esmeralda Santiago lives in Westchester County, New York. Born in Puerto Rico, she moved to Brooklyn with her ten siblings and unwed mother.

Her life is chronicled in her memoirs, one volume of which – Almost a Woman – was made into a film for PBS’s Masterpiece Theater.

Founded in April of 1998, Nuestra Palabra continues to make Houston a destination for internationally recognized Latino authors, cultivating talent from Houston communities. Sponsored in part by the Texas Commission on the Arts through the Cultural Arts Council of Houston/Harris County, the Houston Chronicle, Univisión, KPFT, Houston Community College TV. Nuestra Palabra is part of the CACHH Incubator program.