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On the Same Page 2023
The Jones Library is holding its 11th On the Same Page community reading program, featuring the novel Olga Dies Dreaming by Xochitl Gonzalez.
The entire Amherst community is invited to read the book and participate in the related programs offered by the Jones Library. A variety of programs are being offered to enrich the reading experience of this best-selling title and to encourage dialog about the themes the book presents, including a book discussion to delve into the book itself.
About the Book
A Best Book of 2022 by The New York Times, Kirkus, NPR, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, The New York Post, Vogue, Audible, Esquire, The BBC, and more!
Reviews of Olga Dies Dreaming
"Packed with richly imagined characters and vivacious prose, the novel asks how we can live meaningful lives in a world rife with inequality." ~ EsquireObtaining a Copy
Paperback copies of the book are available to borrow at the Jones Library Reference Desk and at both branches. Borrow an e-book or e-audio through Overdrive / Libby. Purchase your own copy at Amherst Books in downtown Amherst.
Schedule of Events
- The public is welcome at all events – it is not necessary to have read the book to attend the programs, although it is encouraged.
- All events are free and open to the public.
Saturday, March 11 at 3:00 p.m. – Jones Library Woodbury Room
Thursday, March 16 at 7:00 p.m. – Jones Library Woodbury Room
Saturday, March 18 at 3:00 p.m.
Maria Salgado-Cartagena is known as the People’s Historian of Holyoke, working to ensure the visibility of Puerto Ricans in the city’s vibrant past and present. Maria served 7 years at Hampshire College as the Director of The Lebron-Wiggins-Pran Cultural Center. Currently, she is the Director of Community Engagement at Mount Holyoke College.
Saturday, March 25 at 3:00 p.m. – Jones Library Woodbury Room
Puerto Rico's Past, Present, and Possible Futures – This brief presentation will begin with an overview of Puerto Rico's anticolonial movements under Spain and the United States, proceed with a summary of today's political and cultural landscape, and conclude by considering how community-based organizations are testing and advancing decolonial futures for Puerto Ricans on the island and in the diaspora.Paul Schroeder Rodriguez is R. John Cooper '64 Presidential Teaching Professor of Spanish at Amherst College, where he also teaches in the Latinx and Latin American Studies and Film & Media Studies Departments.
Author Event
Tuesday, March 28 at 7:00 pm – Amherst Regional Middle School Auditorium
About the Author
Xochitl Gonzalez is a cultural critic, producer, screenwriter, and the New York Times bestselling author of Olga Dies Dreaming. Named a Best of 2022 by the New York Times, TIME, Kirkus, Washington Post, and NPR, Olga Dies Dreaming was a Barnes & Noble Discover Pick, an Indie Next Pick, an Amazon and Apple Featured Debut, and the winner of the Brooklyn Public Library Book Prize in Fiction. Gonzalez is a 2021 M.F.A. graduate from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, where she was an Iowa Arts Fellow and the recipient of the Michener-Copernicus Fellowship for Fiction. She was the winner of the 2019 Disquiet Literary Prize and her non-fiction work has been published in Elle Decor, Allure, Vogue, Real Simple, and The Cut. Her work as a staff writer for The Atlantic has been nominated for a Pulitzer Prize.
The Jones Library would like to thank the following for their participation in and collaboration on this community event:
Xochitl Gonzalez, Maria Salgado-Cartagena, Paul Schroeder Rodriguez, Waleska Santiago-Centeno, Office of the Superintendent & the Amherst Regional Public Schools, and Amherst Books.
On the Same Page - Amherst has been made possible due to support and funding from the Friends of the Jones Libraries. We thank them for their support of this community program.