Plan II Honors presents the 2018 Julius and Suzan Glickman Centennial Lectureship featuring Dr. Dan-el Padilla Peralta, Undocumented

Wednesday, February 28th, 7:00 p.m.
Jessen Auditorium
Homer Rainey Hall
No tickets required, seating is first-come, first-served. Doors open at 6:30.

This talk will offer a behind-the-scenes look at the writing of Dan-el Padilla’s memoir, Undocumented: A Dominican Boy’s Odyssey from a Homeless Shelter to the Ivy League, from initial conception to final draft. Themes to be addressed include the memoir as genre, the challenges of writing about the immigrant experience, and the framing of the individual life against broader political and economic trends.