How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water Lesson Plan

Angie Cruz was born in Washington Heights, New York City on February 24, 1972. She received her undergraduate degree in English from SUNY Binghamton and went on to receive an MFA in Creative Writing from New York University. She is the author of four novels: Soledad (2001), Let It Rain Coffee (2005), Dominicana (2019), and How Not to Drown in A Glass of Water (2022). Her work is often about characters of Dominican heritage and deals with financial struggles, immigration, and the lives of women. She is also often concerned with the way that history, both national and familial, impacts the present lives of her characters. Talking about her work in an interview with The Los Angeles Review...