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Exile is Home
Fri, Sep 12
|Cafe con Libros
Join New York local Elvis Alves, with his newest collection of poetry Exile Is Home, in conversation with Keisha-Gaye Anderson in what promises to be a beautiful discussion and reading.
Time & Location
Sep 12, 2025, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
Cafe con Libros, 724 Prospect Pl, Brooklyn, NY 11216, USA
About the Event
PRAISE FOR THE BOOK
“Alves covers a lot of ground in a collection where the sacred and the profane, the downtrodden and the
queens, and redemption and spirituality pulse behind the specter sounds of the jazz greats like memory uncovered. A foot planted in two cultures shows us survival and living at its finest. Alves is a memory maker, a risk-taker and his poems are a guide along the way. Exile Is Home is a Brooklyn fever dream with a sturdy heartbeat and an associative memory of belonging.”
—MICHELLE REALE
“Each of the poems in Elvis Alves’s new collection is a crossroads between self and history, love and obligation, faith and grief. . . . Alves’s language is spare and precise. Not a word is wasted, which means that each word bears the weight both of meaning and of our experience of meaning, which duality is the remit of both…
Tickets
General Admission
This ticket grants entry to the event; it does not include a book. In addition, it does not guarantee a signed book. Purchase of a book is entirely dependent on stock availability at the time of the event.
$5.00
+$0.13 ticket service fee
GA + the Signed Book
This ticket grants entry to the event and guarantees a signed book during the event. If for any reason, you are unable to attend, you will receive an email outlining the options on how to receive the book. Please do not worry; your book will not be sold.
$26.95
+$0.67 ticket service fee
Community Offering
Books and bookish events are not the province of the privileged. This ticket is for those who most need the help. If you can afford the $5.00 charge for general admission, please save this for someone who can’t.
$0.00
ONLY the Signed Book
This ticket does not grant entry. This ticket is only for folx who are not able to physically attend the event AND who like a signed book. 1-2 business days after the event, you will receive an email outlining the options for receiving the book: a. ship or b. pick-Up. If you opt for shipping, you will receive an invoice with shipping cost. Once paid, the book will ship. If you choose pick-up, you will receive an email with pick-up information.
$21.95
+$0.55 ticket service fee
Total
$0.00