Cultural Critic & New York Times Bestselling Author
Xochitl Gonzalez: Biography at a Glance
- Xochitl Gonzalez is a is a cultural critic, producer, screenwriter, and New York Times bestselling author.
- Her bestselling novel, Olga Dies Dreaming, examines political corruption, familial strife, and the very notion of the American dream―all while asking what it really means to weather a storm.
- Her latest novel, Anita de Monte Laughs Last, follows a first-generation Ivy League student in a witty examination of power, love, and art in the rarefied world of the elite.
- As a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Commentary and a staff writer for The Atlantic, Gonzalez brings a high level of credibility and expertise in cultural and social critique.
- Before her writing career, she spent nearly 20 years as an entrepreneur and fundraiser, bringing valuable perspectives on business, creativity, and resilience.
- With her diverse background and rich experiences, Gonzalez can speak on a variety of topics, from literature and cultural criticism to entrepreneurship and community engagement.
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Biography
Xochitl Gonzalez is the New York Times bestselling author of Anita de Monte Laughs Last, a Reese's Book Club Pick longlisted for the Aspen Words Literary Prize, and the award-winning Olga Dies Dreaming, named a Best of 2022 by The New York Times, TIME, Kirkus, Washington Post, and NPR. Gonzalez is a staff writer for The Atlantic and was recognized as a 2023 Pulitzer Prize finalist in Commentary. A native Brooklynite and proud public school graduate, Gonzalez holds a BA from Brown University and an MFA from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop.
Topics
Gentrification and Our Communities
Gonzalez discusses her lived experience and professional research on gentrification of space and communities, and the subsequent sociocultural effect she dubs “gentrification of self.” Weaving her fiction and nonfiction work into storytelling, Gonzalez makes a compelling case for how gentrification has contributed to our loneliness epidemic and offers ways to mediate this rapid and disproportionate change.
Following Your Dream
Gonzalez shares her journey from elite wedding planner to bestselling author, when, at the age of 42, she gave up a life and a business in New York to pursue her MFA at the Iowa Writers Workshop. Gonzalez discusses the challenges of her mid-life career change, how her lived life showed up in her work, and the benefits of pivoting later in life - adaptability, expertise, social network, and more transferrable assets - made her personal brand stand out and her work sell in a unique way.
Latinx Voices Are American Voices
As both a bestselling fiction author and Pulitzer-nominated cultural critic, Gonzalez lays out the current cultural shift towards Latinidad in America, and how that increasing economic power can finally convert to cultural and political power through assertion of authentic self and correcting the American narrative through art and literature.
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