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Valeria Luiselli

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Mexican-born, South African-reared novelist and non-fiction writer; she is the 2015 winner of the Los Angeles Times' Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction for her novel, Faces in the Crowd

Valeria Luiselli on KCRW

Originally commissioned to write a novel for Jumex, a Mexican beverage company and supporter of the arts, Luiselli instead chose to write a novel for Jumex's factory workers.

Valeria Luiselli: The Story of My Teeth

Originally commissioned to write a novel for Jumex, a Mexican beverage company and supporter of the arts, Luiselli instead chose to write a novel for Jumex's factory workers.

from Bookworm

Valeria Luiselli's first novel reminds us of what it's like to be young and in love with literature.

Valeria Luiselli: Faces in the Crowd

Valeria Luiselli's first novel reminds us of what it's like to be young and in love with literature.

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