(Tucson, AZ) Pima County Public Library's Nuestras Raíces and Pride teams are excited to announce a visit from Futbolista author Jonny Garza Villa (they/them) on Friday, March 13 from 3 to 4:30 pm at Martha Cooper Library, 1377 N. Catalina Ave. This event will be moderated by Vicki L, Library Services Manager and member of the Nuestras Raíces and Pride teams.
Reservations are not required for this author talk. There will be an audience Q&A at the end of the program. Pan dulce will be served.
This event is being held in advance of Garza Villa's appearance at the Tucson Festival of Books, where they will participate in three panels:
Saturday, March 14 from 11:30 at to 12:25 pm
Koffler Room 216
Panel: "Why Not Both? Writing Romance for Teens and Adults"
Featured authors: Jonny Garza Villa, Adib Khorram, Sonido Reyes
Saturday, March 14 from 4 to 4:55 pm
Nuestras Raíces Stage
Panel: "¡Ay, Amor!: Latinxs in Love"
Featured authors: Jonny Garza Villa, Jaclyn Rodriguez, Alejandro Varela
Sunday, March 15 from 1 to 1:55 pm
Student Union Kachina Room
Panel: "Don't Want You to Want Me"
Featured authors: Jonny Garza Villa, Ali Rosen, J.L. Seegars
About Futbolista
Gabriel Piña knows who he is: a college goalkeeper, a future Liga MX or MLS star, and definitely straight. He’s starting his freshman year with a lot of eyes on him and even more potential, but he’s got this. Nothing will have him straying off the path to greatness.
That is, until his philosophy classmate Vale volunteers to tutor him. Vale, the same guy who Gabi, in a moment of history repeating itself, might’ve kissed very briefly—and only once—just to help him out at a party. Vale, the smart, supportive, compassionate new friend with beautiful brown eyes and a smile that keeps Gabi, for completely inexplicable reasons, constantly in a daydream.
A sports romance for those who keep rewatching Bend It Like Beckham and rereading Red, White & Royal Blue and the incredible collection of queer soc—football romances out there, Futbolista follows the first semester of one guy's freshman year of college, navigating who he is, who he’s allowed to be, and who he wants to be.
About Jonny Garza Villa
Jonny Garza Villa is a product of the great state of Texas, a Sagittarius sun and Capricorn everything else. They consider themself a former, very bad, baseball player and former, pretty good, drag queen. They are an award-winning author of contemporary romances including, in young adult, the International Latino Book Award winner Ander & Santi Were Here and the Stonewall Book Award winner for Canto Contigo. They live in San Antonio, Texas.
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