

Thu, Mar 06
|Brooklyn
Book Launch: "Not Just the Mountains Are White" by Kiki Tapiero
Join us for Kiki Tapiero’s launch day of their debut travel memoir, "Not Just the Mountains Are White.” This story follows Kiki’s five-day hike to Machu Picchu as the only Latine person in a majority white tour group while weaving in history, humor, sociological analysis, and even romance.
Time & Location
Mar 06, 2025, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Brooklyn, 1561 Bedford Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11225, USA
About the event
BOOK DESCRIPTION:
When Kiki Tapiero embarks on the Salkantay Trek as a twenty-one-year-old, she quickly realizes that she is completely unprepared for the journey – both physically and mentally. While the oxygen levels compromise whether she will even be able to reach Machu Picchu, the rest of the group’s comments and actions leave her unexpectedly isolated. Kiki is reminded of her upbringing as a multiracial kid in a mostly white town in Massachusetts – but having just obtained a sociology degree at Brown University, she has more vocabulary and confidence to address the racialized dynamics at play. Yet at the same time, she is made painfully aware of some of her deepest insecurities in her racial identity, from not feeling Latinx enough because of her imperfect Spanish to feeling like the stereotyped angry woman of color who plays the race card too much.
As the hike progresses, so…