This Year’s Featured Work
In this remarkable book— part memoir, part journalism, part creative non-fiction—Karla Cornejo Villavicencio, herself undocumented, opens our eyes to what is right in front of us, but which we have been unable to see clearly up until now. She brings us into the lives of her family and other undocumented people in the United States, focusing not on a model-minority, soft-focus Dreamer narrative, but on the complex, real lives of undocumented people, who entrusted her with their stories, perhaps in part because of her own honesty and vulnerability. The student reviewers for the On the Same Page program were blown away by this book, and you will be, too.
Karla Cornejo Villavicencio has written about immigration, music, beauty, and mental illness for the New York Times, The Atlantic, The New Republic, Glamour, Elle, Vogue, n+1, and The New Inquiry, among others. She lives in New Haven with her partner and their dog.
Take courses on topics related to themes in this year's book.
Discuss this year's book, virtually, with other members of the Cal community.
Find opportunities to volunteer at organizations that assist undocumented Americans.
Beginning in 2006, the College of Letters & Science gives you something to talk about: a book by an author who has changed the way we view the world.
