An Evening with Xochitl Gonzalez '99 on "Anita de Monte Laughs Last"

SET ON THE BROWN UNIVERSITY CAMPUS, A REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK

Join the Brown Club of New York, Brown University Latino Alumni Council, and Inman Page Council as we chat with Xochitl Gonzalez '99 about her latest novel, Anita de Monte Laughs Last.

A mesmerizing novel about a first-generation Brown student who uncovers the genius work of a female artist decades after her suspicious death.

“Anita de Monte Laughs Last” is a cry for justice. Writing with urgency and rage, Gonzalez speaks up for those who have been othered and deemed unworthy, robbed of their legacy." -Reyna Grande

"Inspired by real-life Cuban-American artist Ana Mendieta’s untimely death and her relationship with artist Carl Andre, author Xochitl Gonzalez’s latest novel delivers a hilarious, vivid, and blistering account of how power manifests not only in art but also in history—and who ultimately gets the last word." —Rachel Sonis

Xochitl Gonzalez '99 is the New York Times bestselling author of Anita de Monte Laughs Last, a Reese's Book Club Pick that follows a first-gen student at Brown University in the 1990s, and the award-winning Olga Dies Dreaming, named a Best of 2022 by The New York Times, TIME, Kirkus, Washington Post, and NPR. Gonzalez is a staff writer for The Atlantic where her work about gentrification, race and class was recognized as a 2023 Pulitzer Prize finalist in Commentary. A native Brooklynite and proud public school graduate, Gonzalez holds a BA from Brown University and currently serves as a trustee of the Corporation.

MODERATOR: Lucy Feldman '14 is an Editorial Director for TIME, where she oversees coverage of books and authors and the Women of the Year franchise. She has profiled and interviewed some of the biggest names in culture, including Margaret Atwood, Joan Didion, Reese Witherspoon, Sabrina Carpenter, Olivia Rodrigo, and Michelle Yeoh. Previously, she held roles at Vanity Fair and the Wall Street Journal, where she ran the WSJ Book Club.

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