

May 21, 2022
The Human Condition Depicted
- 11:15 am - 12:15 pm
- | Location of Session: Rogers Hall
- Adult Sessions
- Start of Signing: 12:30 PM
- | Signing Location: Festival Marketplace
About the Event
Wondra Chang (Sonju), ire’ne lara silva (Hibiscus Tacos), and Ursula Villarreal-Moura (Math for the Self-Crippling) explore the art of telling stories that span decades and centuries-old traditions while depicting life in all its pain and wonder. Join them in discussing a woman’s journey through the rapid social and cultural changes of Japanese-occupied Korea; love, death, and tacos in contemporary Austin; and mysticism and cultura in 1990-contemporary San Antonio.
About the Authors
Moderator

Patricia Portales
Patricia Portales is Professor of English and Humanities at San Antonio College and a member of the Macondo Writer’s Workshop. She earned a Master of Arts in English from St. Mary’s University and a Ph.D. in U.S. in English from the University of Texas at San Antonio. Her research interests include contemporary American literature with a concentration in ethnic literature, oral history, and semiotics. She serves on the San Antonio Book Festival Advisory Committee and is also a fiction writer and book reviewer.