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Xochitl Gonzalez

How to pronounce Xochitl Gonzalez: first name is pronounced so-cheel

Xochitl Gonzalez 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.

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The author discusses her novel, Anita de Monte Laughs Last, with De'Ara Balenger for the Center for Fiction.

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