Author Talk: Kathleen Alcalá – “The Deepest Roots”

The Hispanic Roundtable of South Sound is proud to present: An Evening with Kathleen Alcalá, Author of the book, “The Deepest Roots, Finding Food and Community on a Pacific Northwest Island”.Admission is by donation and all proceeds benefit the Hispanic Roundtable, a non-profit organization whose mission is to strengthen the Latino community through partnerships, education, community building, and cultural representation.

About the Author:
In the book, Ms. Alcalá re-examines her relationship with food at the most local level. Remembering her parents, Mexican immigrants who grew up during the depression, and the memory of planting, growing, and harvesting fresh food with them as a child, she decided to explore the history of the pacific northwest island she calls home.

Ms. Alcalá is the author of a collection of essays, “The Desert Remembers My Name: On Family and Writing”, three novels, including “Treasures in Heaven”; and a collection of short stories. She lives in Bainbridge Island, Washington. kathleenalcala.com