# Event Details - **Event Name**: Claudia Castro Luna with Anna Lapera: The Flowers Along The Way - **Event Start and End Date**: Fri, 16 Oct, 2026 at 06:00 pm – Fri, 16 Oct, 2026 at 07:30 pm (-04:00) - **Event Description**: About this EventJoin us at Bird in Hand to hear about Claudia Castro Luna’s The Flowers Along The Way (Northwestern University Press, September 15, 2026), a first-of-its-kind memoir in English about girlhood during the Salvadoran Civil War. In The Flowers Along the Way, Castro Luna is a girl trying on a pair of high-heeled sandals hoping some of her neighbor’s glamour will rub off on her, while living with the understanding that an army convoy, a military jeep, or la Policia Nacional, might K*ll her. Speaking in the language of flowers—mango, chirimoyas, jocotes, sprawling oregano, reedy pomegranate, and leggy chilipines—amidst state-sanctioned brutality, The Flowers Along the Way is a memoir both lush and taut. We're thrilled that Anna Lapena, author of Mani Semilla Finds Her Quetzal Voice, will join Claudia Castro Luna in conversation. We hope you can join us!Order THE FLOWERS ALONG THE WAY here!Claudia Castro Luna is an Academy of American Poets Poet Laureate fellow (2019-2020), WA State Poet Laureate (2018 – 2021) and Seattle’s inaugural Civic Poet (2015-2018). She is the author of Green the World, One River, A Thousand Voices, Cipota Under the Moon, and Killing Marías. Castro Luna's memoir, The Flowers Along the Way is forthcoming fall 2026. Born in El Salvador, Castro Luna lives in English and Spanish, and writes and teaches in the Seattle Metro area. Watch Castro Luna's Poetry of Place talk at TEDxUofW and the PBS Newshour segment featuring her signature project, Seattle Poetic Grid. Follow @claudiacastrolunaAnna Lapera is a Guatemalan-American author and middle school teacher. Her debut novel, Mani Semilla Finds Her Quetzal Voice, is an International Latino Book Award winner, the 2025 International Literacy Association Honor Book, and was named one of the Best of 2024 by the School Library Journal, the New York Public Library, and others. Her second novel, Birdsong in the Long Night, a YA thriller about a burgeoning journalist in 1978 Guatemala, comes out in 2028. - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/baltimore/claudia-castro-luna-with-anna-lapera-the-flowers-along-the-way/100002000281807733 - **Event Categories**: art, literary-art - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 - **Event Highlights**: - Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes - Location: Bird in Hand Coffee & Books - Languages: English ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: USD ## Event venue details - **city**: Baltimore - **state**: MD - **country**: United States - **location**: Bird in Hand Coffee & Books - **lat**: 39.32785829999999 - **long**: -76.61671319999999 - **full address**: Bird in Hand Coffee & Books, 11 East 33rd Street, Baltimore, United States ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: Claudia Castro Luna with Anna Lapera: The Flowers Along The Way - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events1/banners/75988a9f33dd30c2adba99d43c460e6fde24cb18e49a7e2f7d308a1d0ac22d38-rimg-w1200-h600-dc484868-gmir.jpg?v=1790098564 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is Claudia Castro Luna with Anna Lapera: The Flowers Along The Way being held? - **A:** Claudia Castro Luna with Anna Lapera: The Flowers Along The Way takes place on Fri, 16 Oct, 2026 at 06:00 pm to Fri, 16 Oct, 2026 at 07:30 pm at Bird in Hand Coffee & Books, 11 East 33rd Street, Baltimore, United States. - **Q**: Who is organizing Claudia Castro Luna with Anna Lapera: The Flowers Along The Way? - **A:** Claudia Castro Luna with Anna Lapera: The Flowers Along The Way is organized by The Ivy Bookshop. - **Q**: Who is this event for? 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