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An Evening with Claire Jimenez, Winner of the 2024 PEN/Faulker Award for Fiction

Author of What Happened to Ruthy Ramirez

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The Ramirez women of Staten Island orbit around absence. When thirteenyearold middle child Ruthy disappeared after track practice without a trace, it left the family scarred and scrambling. One night, twelve years later, oldest sister Jessica spots a woman on her TV screen in Catfight, a raunchy reality show. She rushes to tell her younger sister, Nina: This woman’s hair is dyed red, and she calls herself Ruby, but the beauty mark under her left eye is instantly recognizable. Could it be Ruthy, after all this time?