Pablo Cartaya Author Talk
Monday, September 30 , 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm CDT
Pablo Cartaya, the internationally acclaimed author, screenwriter, speaker, and educator will be visiting Illinois State University. He calls Miami home and Cuban-American his cultura; “My heritage inspires everything about me creatively. It’s like air. You don’t question whether you need it to breathe, it’s an involuntary act done in order to survive. This is how I view my heritage—it gives me oxygen to breathe air into my creativity. It gives me life.” His middle grade and young adult novels include: The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora, Marcus Vega Doesn’t Speak Spanish, Each Tiny Spark, The Last Beekeeper, and Curveball. He will hold two events at Milner Library co-sponsored by the Mary and Jean Borg Center for Reading and Literacy.
This author talk will be a lecture-style presentation followed by an author meet-and-greet and book-signing. Limited copies of The Last Beekeeper and Curveball will be available to purchase, and light refreshments will be provided. Students, faculty, staff, and community members welcome.
