The Northborough Free Library, in partnership with Tewksbury Public Library and other Massachusetts libraries, presents author Noe Alvarez via Zoom on Wednesday, October 27 at 7 p.m. Alvarez was recently recognized by the Massachusetts Center for the Book as one of Massachusetts’s must-read authors of the year. Join Alvarez for a presentation via Zoom on his latest book, “Spirit Run: A 6000-Mile Marathon Through North America’s Stolen Land.”
Register online to attend the Zoom.
About the book: Noe Álvarez, the son of working-class Mexican immigrants, fled a life of labor in fruit-packing plants to run a four-month-long Indigenous marathon from Canada to Guatemala that pushed him to his limits. He’ll discuss his harrowing journey — overcoming hunger, thirst, and fear, as well as the dangers he encountered, including stone-throwing motorists and a mountain lion. Alvarez will also share his reimagining of North America and his place in it, exploring Indigenous and working-class humanity in a capitalist society where oil extraction, deforestation, and substance abuse wreck communities.
About The Author: Noe Alvarez holds degrees in philosophy and creative writing from Whitman College and Emerson College, respectively. Alvarez studied conflict analysis, peacemaking, and conflict resolution at American University and in Northern Ireland, received a fellowship at Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School, and researched U.S. drug policy, military aid, and human rights issues in Colombia’s Putumayo jungles. He lives in Boston, where, until recently, he worked as a security officer at one of the nation’s oldest libraries, the Boston Athenæum.
Please contact the Library Adult Services with any questions at 508-393-5025 extension 5 or email adults@northboroughlibrary.org.