today, i'm joined by alejandro oliva and bill

today, i'm joined by alejandro oliva and bill hing. alejandro is an essayist translator, immigrant justice advocate, and embroiderer. she's recipient of the 2022 creative nonfiction writing grant. her writing has been included in best american travel writing 2020. she was also nominated for a pushcart prize and was honored with an aspen summer awards emerging writers fellowship. she was the frank fellow at the yale whitney humanities center in 2022, and her first book is the one we're discussing today. it's called river mouth a chronicle of faith language and migration by. bill. bill is a professor, law and migration studies at the university of san francisco and professor of law, asian american studies emeritus at davis. in 50 years of law practice litigation and teaching and writing, professor hing has represented non-citizens from all over the world, especially those facing deportation from gang members to asylum seekers fleeing violence and from individuals in ice detention to families gathered at the u.s. southern seeking refuge. b

today, i'm joined by alejandro oliva and bill hing. alejandro is an essayist translator, immigrant justice advocate, and embroiderer. she's recipient of the 2022 creative nonfiction writing grant. her writing has been included in best american travel writing 2020. she was also nominated for a pushcart prize and was honored with an aspen summer awards emerging writers fellowship. she was the frank fellow at the yale whitney humanities center in 2022, and her first book is the one we're discussing today. it's called river mouth a chronicle of faith language and migration by. bill. bill is a professor, law and migration studies at the university of san francisco and professor of law, asian american studies emeritus at davis. in 50 years of law practice litigation and teaching and writing, professor hing has represented non-citizens from all over the world, especially those facing deportation from gang members to asylum seekers fleeing violence and from individuals in ice detention to families gathered at the u.s. southern seeking refuge. b