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Alejandra Oliva

Alejandra Oliva is an essayist, embroiderer and translator. Her writing has been included in Best American Travel Writing 2020, nominated for a Pushcart prize, and was honored with an Aspen Summer Words Emerging Writers Fellowship. Her book, Rivermouth: A Chronicle of Language, Faith and Migration, was published by Astra House, and received a Whiting Nonfiction Grant. She was the Yale Whitney Humanities Center Franke Visiting Fellow in Spring 2022.

Alejandra Oliva es ensayista, bordadora, y traductora. Sus escritos han sido incluidos en Best American Travel Writing 2020, nominados por un premio Pushcart, y honrados con una Beca de Escritores Emergentes de parte de Aspen Summer Words. Su libro Rivermouth: Una Crónica de Lenguaje, Fe y Migración fue publicada por Astra House, y recibió una beca de No Ficción Whiting. Fue la Becaria Visitante Franke en el Centro de Humanidades Whitney de la Universidad de Yale en la primavera del 2022.

 
 

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