Library to Host Connolly for Reading and Signing

Tompkins County Public Library will host journalist and author  Daniel Connolly for a reading and signing of “The Book of Isaias:  A Child of Hispanic Immigrants Seeks His Own America,” Tuesday, October 18 at 6 p.m. in the BorgWarner Community Room.

An accomplished journalist, Connolly offers a captivating narrative of the life of Isaias Ramos, an undocumented immigrant, as he works toward a high school diploma and the elusive American Dream in Memphis, Tennessee.

Connolly, a Memphis native, is the winner of numerous journalism awards and has received grants and fellowships from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, the International Center for Journalists and the Fulbright program. He has reported extensively on Mexican immigration to the southern United States for media outlets including The Associated Press.

For more information, contact Information and Learning Services Librarian Teresa Vadakin at tvadakin@tcpl.org.