Tuesday, April 27, 2021: 6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.

CLASS WILL BE HELD VIA ZOOM. ZOOM INFORMATION WILL BE EMAILED TO REGISTRANTS PRIOR TO CLASS START TIME.

Join author Jessica Goudeau and the LA Law Library book discussion group as we begin our exploration of immigration issues with a discussion of After the Last Border: Two Families and the Story of Refuge in America.  Journalist Goudeau presents a richly detailed account of the resettlement experiences of two women granted refugee status in the U.S. while interweaving their stories with the twists and turns of American immigration policy from 1880 to the present.  The New York Times Book Review described the book as “simply brilliant, both in its granular storytelling and its enormous compassion”.  Named a New York Times Editors’ Choice book and a finalist for the J.Anthony Lukas Book Prize.

About Jessica Goudeau:

• Spent more than a decade working with refugees in Austin, Texas and co-founder of Hill Tribers, a non-profit that provided supplemental income for Burmese refugee artisans.
• PhD in literature from University of Texas and served as a Mellon Writing Fellow and Interim Writing Center Director at Southwestern University.
• Articles published in The New York Times, The Atlantic, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times and other publications.

Presented by: Katie O’Laughlin, Managing Librarian, Reference & Research

Registration fee: FREE