How do we carry the stories that came before us—and what happens when we search for the ones that were buried or forgotten? In these richly researched novels, the past reaches forward, tangling with identity, creativity, and belonging. From vanished matriarchs and family secrets to ancestral homelands and haunted legacies, this conversation explores how fiction traces the invisible threads between generations—and how writing becomes its own form of excavation.
Moderated by: Tim Ehrenberg
Book Signing to Follow
Isabel Cañas is a Mexican American speculative fiction writer. After having lived in Mexico, Scotland, Egypt, Turkey, and New York City, among other places, she has settled in the Pacific Northwest. She holds a doctorate in Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations and writes fiction inspired by her research and her heritage. More information can be found at isabelcanas.com.
Patti Callahan Henry is the award-winning and New York Times, Globe and Mail, and USA Today bestselling author of eighteen novels, including her newest, The Story She Left Behind. Her website is patticallahanhenry.com.
Adriana Trigiani is the New York Times bestselling author of twenty-one books of fiction and nonfiction, including The Good Left Undone, The Shoemaker's Wife and Lucia, Lucia. Listen to Adriana and the luminaries of our times discuss the books that built their souls on the You Are What You Read podcast, available everywhere.
In partnership with the Aspen Words Literary Festival.
