Reyna Grande: Migrant Hearts
Zona Abierta
September 24, 2026
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
🦋Reyna Grande: Migrant Hearts🦋
Presented by the Department of Latin American & Latino Studies, the Center for Latinx Literature and the Americas, and the UIC Latino Cultural Center.
📆When: Thursday, September 24th, 2026
🕜Time: 2:00PM - 3:30PM
📍Where: UIC Latino Cultural Center-Lecture Center B2
📚Join us as Reyna Grande discusses their intricate and deeply intimate memoir-in-essays titled Migrant Heart: Essays About Things I Can’t Forget.
🦋Moving from the legacy of violence in her hometown of Iguala, Mexico, to a bittersweet family vacation in Europe spent reconciling her own impoverished past with her children’s world of abundance, she uncovers startling truths about the nature of survival. In this work, Grande turns her gaze inward to explore the scars left by migration and the ongoing work of stitching herself back together.
🫂All audiences are welcome. For more information or to arrange accommodations, contact the LCC at lcc@uic.edu or call 312-996-3095.
Date posted
Sep 18, 2026
Date updated
Sep 18, 2026