Let's Talk about It!
One Vision: Many Voices
Latino Writing in the United
States
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A five-part series of conversations
in English to explore some of the many voices of Latino writers in their
struggle to define themselves as individuals and as participants in the
building of their society
Arlington Central Library
Wednesdays, 7:30 pm at the
library's auditorium
1015 N. Quincy St, Arlington, VA
Lead by George Mason University
Professor Rei Berroa
&
Fairfax County Public Library
George Mason Regional Library
Thursdays, 7:30 pm at the library's
auditorium
7001 Little River Turnpike, Annandale,
VA
Lead by Johns Hopkins University
Professor Sara Castro-Klaren
To reserve call:Arlington: (703) 228-5990
/ Fairfax: (703) 256-3800
Free and open to the public
Books to be discussed:
Julia
Alvarez, In the Time of the Butterflies
March 7
Interview
, Biography-criticism/bibliography,
cv
[not updated], some other works: ¡Yo!,
Salomé,
The
García Girls, a poem.
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Aristeo Brito, The
Devil in Texas
A brief bibliography,
See the Chicano literary
production over the years (1529-1985)
March 21
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Cristina García,
Dreaming
in Cuban
April 4
Cuba
as text and context in Dreaming, a bibliography;
Other works: The
Aguero Sisters [reviewed
in
The NY Times].
Website
on Cuba, link to Habana Elegante
(Spanish only), site on El
Che, take a
trip to Cuba with GMU, history
of Cuba.
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Piri
Thomas, Down These Mean Streets
April 18
Read this Interview
with Piri, "Born Anew At Each A.M." a
poem, 7th graders ask questions to Piri and his answers here,
Puerto
Rico.
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Harold Augenbraum and Ilan
Stavans,
Growing Up Latino: Memoirs and Stories
May 2
See other biographies
and memoirs, more books on Hispanics
in the US, visit the Hispanic
Division at the Library of Congress, Stories from El
Barrio.
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The following texts might interest you:
The Hispanic Condition : Reflections
on Culture and Identity by Ilan Stavans
Hispanic Nation by Geoffrey
E. Fox
Strangers Among Us by Roberto
Suro
The Latino/a Condition by
Richard Delgado (Editor), Jean Stefancic (Editor)
A
few other Latino writers and selected bio-bibliographies
Check
this article on Latino writers
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This series, part of the American
Library Association's program Let's Talk about It,
is funded by a grant from the National
Endowment for the Humanities
and the Friends of the Arlington
& Fairfax Public Libraries
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