Cafecito con… Marisel Vera & Carmen Cruz-Venie
Virtual EventJoin CENTRO and Hunter College AFPRL Department for an event discussing the themes of colonialism, relocation, and the forging of Puerto Rican communities in Hawaii as shown in Marisel Vera’s book, The Taste of Sugar and Carmen Cruz-Venie’s upcoming documentary Bajari: Honor and Respect. The Taste of Sugar is a novel set in Puerto Rico on the eve of the Spanish-American War. Up in the mountainous region of Utuado, Vicente Vega and Valentina Sanchez labor to keep their coffee farm from the creditors. When the great San Ciriaco hurricane of…