# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Author Talk: “Migrant Heart” by Reyna Grande (IN PERSON)
- **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 23 Sep, 2026 at 06:00 pm – Wed, 23 Sep, 2026 at 07:00 pm (-05:00)
- **Event Description**: Join us for an illuminating conversation at the AWM with writers Reyna Grande and Erika L. Sánchez. The two bestselling authors sit down to discuss Grande’s new book Migrant Heart: Essays About Things I Can’t Forget, an ambitious memoir in essays that illuminates the hidden cost of the American Dream and the complex journey of healing that follows survival. Books will be available for purchase and Grande will sign them following the program.This is an in person program at the American Writers Museum. This program will also be livestreamed.More about Migrant Heart:What is the true power of stories? Can they heal the jagged edges of a traumatic childhood? Is the cost of telling the story worth the price of the cure?Reyna Grande has spent her career capturing the raw reality of life across borders. In this intricate and deeply intimate memoir-in-essays, the author of the landmark memoirs The Distance Between Us and A Dream Called Home again turns her gaze inward to explore the scars left by migration and the ongoing work of stitching herself back together.With her signature blend of sophistication and raw honesty, Grande interrogates how living between two nations, two languages, and two identities has shaped the woman, mother, and writer she has become. 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.Whether being racially profiled in the Arizona borderlands or finding unexpected wisdom from the slugs in her garden, Grande unflinchingly asks: How do we bridge the gap between who we were and who we have become? How do we turn pain into power? When memory threatens to define us, how can we use story to heal while still honoring our boundaries?Migrant Heart is a powerful testament to Grande’s role as a storyteller and cultural witness. It expands our understanding of life in the United States and the complex people who cross and live within its borders. It is an essential read for the seekers, the dreamers, and anyone who believes in the enduring, transformative power of finding one’s voice.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/chicago/author-talk-migrant-heart-by-reyna-grande-in-person/80009503093323
- **Event Categories**: Art, literary-art
- **Interested Audience**: 
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## Event venue details

- **city**: Chicago
- **state**: IL
- **country**: United States
- **location**: American Writers Museum
- **lat**: 41.885556
- **long**: -87.6249239
- **full address**: American Writers Museum, 180 North N Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60601, United States

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Author Talk:  Migrant Heart  by Reyna Grande (IN PERSON) being held?
  - **A:** Author Talk:  Migrant Heart  by Reyna Grande (IN PERSON) takes place on Wed, 23 Sep, 2026 at 06:00 pm to Wed, 23 Sep, 2026 at 07:00 pm at American Writers Museum, 180 North N Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60601, United States.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Author Talk:  Migrant Heart  by Reyna Grande (IN PERSON)?
  - **A:** Author Talk:  Migrant Heart  by Reyna Grande (IN PERSON) is organized by American Writers Museum.

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