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Workshop: Dr. Irene Blea

6:00 – 8:00 pm Join us for a two-day reading and workshop event featuring author Dr. Irene Blea, in celebration of her new book Talking with Rudy: Platicando con Rudolfo Anaya, which details her platicas with Rudolfo Anaya. 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.

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Reading: Dr. Irene Blea

6:30 – 8:00 pm Join us for a two-day reading and workshop event featuring author Dr. Irene Blea, in celebration of her new book Talking with Rudy: Platicando con Rudolfo Anaya, which details her platicas with Rudolfo Anaya. On August 7, the Center will host a reading and book-signing with Dr. Blea from 6:30 to 8:00 pm. Then, 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.

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Oralidad Festival: Francisco Carrillo Martín

6:15 pm Join us as essayist and teacher Francisco Carrillo Martín gives a talk that delves into some of the ideas in his latest book, Fuera de foco: cinco derivas por la obra de Juan Rulfo, which was published at the end of 2021. Through the Mexican author’s literature and photography, he will reflect on how the migratory process of the 1940s and 1950s to the main Latin American cities transformed the voices and landscapes of the rural tradition. Instituto Cervantes, AMP Concerts, and the National Hispanic

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Virtual Reading and Discussion: Rebecca Blum-Martínez and Mary Jean Habermann López, The Shoulders We Stand On

6 pm (MDT) RSVP for the online event: Resister HERE Virtual Reading and Discussion: Rebecca Blum-Martínez and Mary Jean Habermann López, Editors, The Shoulders We Stand On: A History of Bilingual Education in New Mexico (University of New Mexico Press, 2020) Presented by Bookworks, the National Hispanic Cultural Center, and the University of New Mexico Press. The Shoulders We Stand On traces the complex history of bilingual education in New Mexico, covering Spanish, Diné, and Pueblo languages. The book focuses on the formal establishment of bilingual education

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Virtual Reading and Discussion: Sergio Troncoso, A Peculiar Kind of Immigrant’s Son

2 pm (MTS) RSVP for this online event here. Virtual Reading and Discussion: Sergio Troncoso, A Peculiar Kind of Immigrant’s Son (Cinco Punto Press, 2019) Presented by the National Hispanic Cultural Center in collaboration with Bookworks. How does a Mexican-American, the son of poor immigrants, leave his border home and move to the heart of gringo America? How does he adapt to the worlds of wealth, elite universities, the rush and power of New York City? How does he make peace with a stern old-fashioned father who

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National Latinx Writers Gathering: A Virtual Event for Latinx Writers in All Genres

Friday-Sunday, October 16-18, 2020 www.uslatinxlit.org The first National Latinx Writers Gathering, “Sembrando y Soñando,” will take place October 16-18, 2020. It is open to any Latinx writer working in any genre. As a result of the new coronavirus, all weekend events will be virtual. The first year of this unprecedented convening of Latinx writers emphasizes community-building, connection, and experiential collaboration–determined by a national survey of Latinx writers who expressed what they want from a first conference of this kind. The first event will also determine the shape

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