6:00 – 8:00 pm
NHCC | ZOOM
Join author, Irene Blea, Ph.D. as she reads from her unusual, magical realistic, memoir. Dr. Irene I. Blea shares frequent conversations with award-winning author, Rudolfo Anaya, who died in 2020. They were friends for over forty years, shared working on the University of New Mexico campus, and lived near one another. Anaya is best known for his book, Bless Me, Ultima. In this volume, Dr. Blea recalls platicas, conversations, with her friend, Rudy, about the essence of his writing, growing up in New Mexico, the nature of university life, the art and business of writing, publishing, death, dying, and spirituality. Blea, also an award-winning author and a sociologist, draws from their shared community understanding, and her ability to write in a multidisciplinary manner to poetically close the gap between literature and social science to render us an opportunity to say good-bye to Rudolfo Anaya, the godfather of Chicano literature.
Following Dr. Blea’s reading and book-signing event on August, 7, join us the following week for her associated virtual writing workshop from 6:00 to 8:00 pm on August 14.
Free Community Event. Please register using the link below.
About the book: In this unusual, magical realistic, memoir, Dr. Irene I. Blea shares frequent conversations with award-winning author, Rodolfo Anaya, who died in 2022. They were friends for over forty years, shared working on the University of New Mexico campus, and lived near one another. Anaya is best known for his book Bless Me Ultima. In this volume, Dr. Blea recalls platicas, conversations, with her friend Rudy, about the essence of his writing, growing up in New Mexico, the nature of university life, the art and business of writing, publishing, death, dying, and spirituality. Blea, also an award-winning author and a sociologist, draws from their shared community understanding, and her ability to write in a multidisciplinary manner to poetically close the gap between literature and social science to render us an opportunity to say good-bye to Rodolfo Anaya, the godfather of Chicano literature.