Event
7 p.m.–9 p.m.
Valeria Luiselli Author Talk: A Reading & Conversation with the 2025 McKnight Judge in Creative Prose

Presenters
Valeria Luiselli
Valeria Luiselli was born in Mexico City and grew up in Costa Rica, South Korea, South Africa and India. An acclaimed writer of both fiction and nonfiction, she is the author of Sidewalks , Faces in the Crowd , The Story of My Teeth , and Tell Me How It Ends (An Essay in Forty Questions) . Her most
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Arleta M. Little
Executive & Artistic Director Arleta has worked for more than two decades in nonprofit organizations and philanthropy serving in executive leadership, program officer, and consulting roles including as director of artist fellowships for the McKnight Foundation; executive director for the Givens
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Location
The Loft at Open Book
Price
Regular $10.00
Friend $5.00
Genre
Multigenre
Graphic with Valeria Luiselli and her book cover for Lost Children Archive. Features the logos of McKnight Foundation and the Loft Literary Center.

Please join us for a public reading by the 2025 McKnight Judge in Creative Prose, acclaimed novelist, essayist, and 2019 MacArthur “Genius” Fellow Valeria Luiselli. Known for her inventive style and fearless storytelling, Luiselli has been hailed around the world for work that pushes the boundaries of fiction and nonfiction alike.

She will read from and discuss her groundbreaking novel Lost Children Archive—a haunting and timely meditation on family, migration, memory, and the stories we carry with us. With lyrical precision and emotional force, Luiselli entwines a family road trip with the harrowing journeys of migrant children traveling toward the U.S. border, offering a powerful reflection on what it means to be human in an inhuman world.

Luiselli will be joined in conversation by Arleta Little, Executive and Artistic Director of the Loft Literary Center. Together, they will explore how literature can help us grapple with the crises of our moment and imagine new ways of seeing.

Date & Time: Doors open at 6:30 p.m.
Tickets: A limited number of pay-what-you-can seats available at the door (first come, first served).
Books: Available for purchase courtesy of Black Garnet Books.

This program is part of the Loft’s administration of the McKnight Fellowships for Writers, which annually award five $25,000 fellowships to Minnesota writers of exceptional talent in creative prose, poetry/spoken word, and children’s literature. Learn more: loft.org/awards/mcknight

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Artists
Valeria Luiselli
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Arleta M. Little
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