Each month, Hola Cultura is hosting a literary charla with a live reading and discussion featuring the authors in their monthly book column, Hola Escritores.

On Thursday, October 15 at 7:30 p.m. EST, Diana Rojas, author of "They Hold Grudges," will join Hola Escritores editor Michelle Benitez for the next charla.

RSVP for the charla and submit your questions for the Q&A.

Diana Rojas is the author of the novel They Hold Grudges (Arte Público Press), the novella collection Litany of Saints: A Triptych (Arte Público Press), and the forthcoming children’s book, Clara’s Big Green Coat (Piñata Books, 2027).

Her essays are featured in Grit & Gravity, The Washington Independent Review of Books, Barrelhouse, Latin@ Literatures, Anti-Heroin Chic, Folio, Latino News Network, among others. A member of
the Board of Directors of the PEN/Faulkner Foundation and a 2026 participant in the Macondo Writers Workshop, she lives taxed and unrepresented in Washington, DC.