Alex Espinoza, whose first novel was described as an interesting mix of whimsy and uneasiness by the Los Angeles Times, will perform a reading at Vanderbilt University.
Espinoza, author of Still Water Saints, is the first author to appear as part of the Fall 2008 Gertrude & Harold S. Vanderbilt Visiting Writers Program at Vanderbilt.
He will read at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 9, in Room 102 of Buttrick Hall on the Vanderbilt campus. The reading is free and open to the public.
Still Water Saints, published in February by Random House, brings a small California town to life, focusing on the interactions of the owner of the town botanica—a shop selling herbs and charms used in Santeria—with various characters.
"Still Water Saints is charming, yet its charm is an uneasy one," said the Times in a review. "Its whimsy has teeth. And that is, absolutely, a compliment."
Espinoza was born in Tijuana, Mexico, and raised in suburban Los Angeles. He is working on a novel about a Mexican actor during the golden age of Hollywood.
Media contact: Jim Patterson, (615) 322-NEWS
jim.patterson@vanderbilt.edu