Meet us in the garden for book club!

We know you’re all reading The Cemetery of Untold Stories for One Book, One Salem in preparation for Julia Alvarez’s visit to Salem Lit Fest on September 7. Her conversation partner at Lit Fest, Professor Keja Valens from Salem State University, will lead an informal discussion of The Cemetery of Untold Stories, as a prelude to Julia’s appearance.

Keja Valens is Professor of English at Salem State University. She teaches and writes on Caribbean literatures, multiethnic American literatures, and food writing. Her books include Culinary Colonialism, Caribbean Cookbooks, and Recipes for National Independence, Desire between Women in Caribbean Literature and the co-edited collection Passing Lines: Sexuality and Immigration. She is currently working on essays on Puerto Rican food sovereignty and “What to Eat after a Hurricane.” When not teaching or writing, she gardens, cooks, and eats.

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