Author’s work explores the intricacies of immigration Author Patricia Engel. By Barbara Gutierrez 03-11-2021 Associate Professor Patricia Engel’s latest book, “Infinite Country,” was picked as the March selection by Reese Witherspoon for her reading community, Reese’s Book Club. As she was growing up, Patricia Engel remembers her paternal grandmother Lucía, the mother of nine children, writing everyday volumes and volumes of stories, poetry, and long letters to her family. Lucia’s work was never published but her devotion to writing was treated as a sacred act by everyone around her. “It was from her that I learned to have a personal writing practice even if you don’t publish or share your work,” said Engel. “Just write for the love of the act of writing.”