The Binghamton Center for Writers is thrilled to announce that our Spring 2024 Distinguished Writer will be Angie Cruz. Angie will be giving an in-person reading and Q&A on Wednesday, March 20 from 6:00-8:00pm at the Binghamton University Art Museum.

Angie Cruz is a novelist and editor whose most recent novel is How Not To Drown in A Glass of Water (2022). It was shortlisted by The Aspen Words Literary Prize, winner of the Gold Medal, Latino Book Award/The Isabel Allende Most Inspirational Book Award, longlisted for the Joyce Carol Oates Literary Prize and chosen for The New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2022 and The Washington Post 50 Notable Works of Fiction. Her novel Dominicana was the inaugural book pick for GMA book club and shortlisted for The Women’s Prize, longlisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction, a RUSA Notable book and the winner of the ALA/YALSA Alex Award in fiction. It was also named most anticipated/ best book in 2019 by Time, Newsweek, People, Oprah Magazine, The Washington Post, The New York Times, and Esquire. Cruz is also the author of two other novels, Soledad and Let It Rain Coffee.

This is a free in-person event. Books will be available for purchase and refreshments will be provided. Registration is required and tickets are limited. If your plans change, please cancel your registration to ensure others have an opportunity to attend.

This event is made possible with support from the Department of English, General Literature, and Rhetoric; the Division of Research; and the Department of Latin American and Caribbean Area Studies at Binghamton University.