Xochitl Gonzalez: Last Night in Brooklyn

Join us for an intimate evening in the Salt Sheds Three Top Lounge with author Xochitl Gonzalez as she discusses her newest novel Last Night in Brooklyn, a captivating story about a young woman whose life becomes ensnared in her glamorous neighbors secret past. Set in 2007 against the backdrop of a potentially life-changing presidential election and a looming once-in-a-generation fiscal crisis, Last Night in Brooklyn explores the dark compromise of the American Dream for people of color living, unknowingly, in the twilight of a cultural moment. Its a story about everything money can buy and the destruction of what it cant. About the Author: Xochitl Gonzalez is the New York Times bestselling author of Anita de Monte Laughs Last, a Reeses Book Club Pick longlisted for the Aspen Words Literary Prize, and the award-winning Olga Dies Dreaming, named a Best of 2022 by The New York Times, TIME, Kirkus, Washington Post, and NPR. Gonzalez is a staff writer for The Atlantic and was recognized as a 2023 Pulitzer Prize finalist in Commentary. A native Brooklynite and proud public school graduate, Gonzalez holds a BA from Brown University and an MFA from the Iowa Writers Workshop. RSVP DOES NOT GUARANTEE ENTRY