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This event is in the past.It took place on March 18, 2026 at Medicine for Nightmares.

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Brenda Navarro reads from her new book Eating Ashes/In conversation with Megan McDowell 1
Literature Talk
Brenda Navarro reads from her new book Eating Ashes/In conversation with Megan McDowell 2
Brenda Navarro reads from her new book Eating Ashes/In conversation with Megan McDowell 3
Brenda Navarro reads from her new book Eating Ashes/In conversation with Megan McDowell 4
Brenda Navarro reads from her new book Eating Ashes/In conversation with Megan McDowell 5

Brenda Navarro reads from her new book Eating Ashes/In conversation with Megan McDowell

At Medicine for Nightmares

Mission District

Mexican author Brenda Navarro reads from Eating Ashes, her acclaimed novel about a woman carrying her brother's ashes from Barcelona back to Mexico. She'll be joined by award-winning translator Megan McDowell for a conversation on migration, grief, and the art of bringing stories across languages.

Contemporary fiction
Latin American literature
Author reading
Bilingual literary event

Tips

đź“–novel follows a narrator carrying her brother's ashes across borders
✍️McDowell translates Samanta Schweblin, Alejandro Zambra
🏆Navarro won the Cálamo and CEGAL prizes

Medicine for Nightmares

3036 24th St, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA

+1 415-824-1761

medicinefornightmares.com

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