Stories of Gabriel | Esther Alix in conversation with Gloria Malone
Mon, May 09
|Crowdcast
Join debut author of Stories of Gabriel, Esther Alix, in conversation with Gloria Malone as they discuss her emotive and deliberate prose, lush with words rich with sabor, that lives in our memory long after the covers close.


Time & Location
May 09, 2022, 7:00 PM
Crowdcast
About the Event
Stories of Gabriel
Eva has lost her baby. Set in the South Bronx in the mid-1990s, Stories of Gabriel portrays neighbors in a tightly knit community at a time of crisis. How does this loss affect the lives of the devastated parents, their families, friends-the people on the block? What memories, heartbreaks, and quests does it spark? Haunting and intricate, Stories of Gabriel is not "a love story," but a story of several interconnected loves that have been lost or found; new or lasting. All take place just blocks apart. The vibrant Latinx Caribbean culture of the neighborhood is brought to life by debut fiction Dominican American writer Esther Alix.
Author: Esther Alix @esthercristinaalix
Alix is a Black Latina, the eldest child of immigrants from the Dominican Republic. Through her characters, Alix peels open each one’s capacity for holding loss and level of acceptance of the inevitable. Her emotive…