Funeral for Flaca: The Book Tour

I embarked on a Western U.S. book tour for the month of September 2021 in celebration of my debut essay collection, Funeral for Flaca, which is out now with Future Tense Books. This memoir-in-essays spans my life and shares my experience of what it was like to grow up a first-and-half-generation Chicana in white places. It’s about the difficulties of coming of age and into adulthood, navigating trauma, and finding healing. You can learn more about the book here. See tour recaps on my Instagram.

The Tour Dates

Tuesday 8/31: REDWOOD CITY, CA (book signing at redwood city public library, 5:30 pm)

Thursday 9/2: SAN FRANCISCO, CA (reading & book signing at robberbaron, 6 pm, with Elizabeth Owuor)

Saturday 9/4: LOS ANGELES, CA (book signing at espacio 1839, 1 pm)

Sunday, 9/5: SAN DIEGO, CA (conversation & book signing at luna bloom shop with blue demon books, 1 pm, with Karla Cordero)

Wednesday 9/8: TUCSON, AZ (conversation & book signing at hotel mccoy with barrio books, 6:30 pm, with Kati Standefer and Natalie Lima)

Saturday, 9/11: SOCORRO, TX (conversation & book signing at casa ortiz, 5 pm, with Gris Muñoz)

Sunday, 9/12: ALBUQUERQUE, NM (conversation & book signing at montage coffee with harvest books, 1 pm, with Kati Standefer)

Friday, 9/17: PUEBLO, CO (CSU-pueblo, 1:30 pm; latina/o book festival, 6:30 pm)

Sunday, 9/19: ESTES PARK, CO (book signing at macdonald book shop, 1 pm)

Monday, 9/20: INSTAGRAM LIVE (conversation via instagram live, 12 pm pt / 1 pm mdt / 3 pm et, with Kali Fajardo-Anstine)

Monday, 9/20: DENVER, CO (conversation and book signing at west side books, 7 pm, with Manuel Aragon)

Thursday, 9/23: CALDWELL, ID (book signing at rediscovered books, 7 pm)

Friday, 9/24: RENO, NV – VIRTUAL (conversation at sundance books via youtube, 4 pm pt / 7 pm et, with Elizabeth Gonzalez James)