Patricia Coral; author of "Women Surrounded by Water," in Conversation with Maria Alejandra Barrios Velez.

Patricia Coral is a bilingual Puerto Rican writer. She holds an MFA in creative writing from American University, where she received the Myra Sklarew Award and where she was Editor in Chief of FOLIO Coral writes creative nonfiction and poetry, but frequently her words find their home in between. The former events director for Politics and Prose Bookstore, she has contributed to numerous literary magazines.

María Alejandra Barrios Vélez is the debut author of The Waves Take You Home. Her short stories have been published in Shenandoah Literary, Vol.1 Brooklyn, El Malpensante Fractured Lit, SmokeLong Quarterly, The Offing and others. Her work has been supported by the Vermont Studio Center, the New Orleans Writing Residency, and the Caldera Arts Center. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband and scruffy pup, Gus. 

About the Book:

Growing up in Puerto Rico, Patricia Coral was surrounded by women who fought for their needs amid the demands of…