"From rape culture and mental illness to a deep dive into Beverly Hills, 90210, Kids in America is an insightful and moving education-necessary reading on the slacker generation.We couldn’t be more thrilled to share with you the bios for our two keynote speakers. "The islands serve as a launch pad for Prato to discuss weighty issues, including race, grief, and capitalism, with introspection and insight." - Willamette Week
They will leave you feeling both enchanted and more aware of our place in the world as unconcerned tourists to a place that many call home." - Matador Travel Network "From the perspective of a non-native who has a deep love and long relationship with these islands, Prato shares stories that intertwine facts and personal memories. "With her guidance and thoughtfulness, Prato pushes against the surface, locating herself within and the people and landscape of Hawai'i without buying into visitor thinking - this is not a musing on mai tais and hula events." - Buzzfeed coalesces into an intriguing and informative journey through the 50th state." - Publishers Weekly "Prato's work stays winningly informal and idiosyncratic throughout and. "A rebuke to cultural appropriation, combined with tribute to a place she loves too much to make her own." - New York Times, Top Summer Reads Praise for the author's previous essay collection, Volcanoes, Palm Trees & Privilege: Essays on Hawai'i: " Kids in America vibrates like a coke high, while still managing to ask hard questions and find the spots of human failing and hope, as the best essays do." -Monica Drake, Author of Clown Girl and The Stud Book
Phenomenal." -Lidia Yuknavitch, Author of Verge-Stories and The Book of Joan "A dazzling exploration into how cultures and identities criss-cross each other, Liz Prato's Kids in America traces how Gen X emerged from the fire and fury of a nation falling to pieces. "Like a sociologist with a memoirist's sensibilities, Prato skillfully explores the environment that bred and defined Gen X, diving deeply into the sexist and racist mythologies of the era, excavating everything from pop culture to grief to violence." -Gina Frangello, author of Blow Your House Down Part memoir, part documentary, these probing and intimate essays take us through the grief, the freedom, the risk-taking, and the pain that shaped Generation X. " Kids in America is a kick-ass collection.
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