As part of its Hispanic Heritage Month activities, the The Queens Library New Americans Program in New York City presented Dominican author Marisela Rizik. Marisela read from her first novel Of Forgotten Times which was originally written in Spanish. The novel deals via fiction with the dictatorship of Trujillo in the Dominican Republic and its impact on women. The reading, held at a local public library ,was followed by a lively and bilingual question and answer session.

It is events like these that serve to help Latino writers connect in an industry that is all about connections. It also helps readers gain a greater understanding of the role of literature in the community as a way of preserving and relating history.