August 12, 2011 7:30 pm
 Writer Lucrecia Guerrero will read from and sign her debut novel Tree of Sighs (Bilingual Review Press), the story of a young Mexican woman’s journey to uncover her past as she straddles two cultures in the search for her own identity. “I have been following Lucrecia Guerrero’s writing for several years with great pleasure and fascination. Tree of Sighs takes her art to a whole new level. Full, alive, and stately. This novel really delivers.” —Luis A. Urrea Request a signed copy: books@tatteredcover.com |
 Poet Melinda Palacio will read from and sign her debut novel Ocotillo Dreams (Bilingual Review Press). Set in Chandler, Arizona, during the city’s infamous 1997 migrant sweeps, Ocotillo Dreams is no run-of-the-mill border tale. In this captivating tale, Palacio skillfully weaves a story of politics, intrigue, love, and trust. "Evocative ... powerful.... [Melinda Palacio will] no doubt leave an indelible mark on her readers." - Denise Chávez Request a signed copy: books@tatteredcover.com |
Location: 2526 East Colfax Avenue, Denver, Colorado 80206
We The Animals
Justin Torres
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt - September, 2011
[from the publisher]
An exquisite, blistering debut novel.
Three brothers tear their way through childhood— smashing tomatoes all over each other, building kites from trash, hiding out when their parents do battle, tiptoeing around the house as their mother sleeps off her graveyard shift. Paps and Ma are from Brooklyn—he’s Puerto Rican, she’s white—and their love is a serious, dangerous thing that makes and unmakes a family many times.
Life in this family is fierce and absorbing, full of chaos and heartbreak and the euphoria of belonging completely to one another. From the intense familial unity felt by a child to the profound alienation he endures as he begins to see the world, this beautiful novel reinvents the coming-of-age story in a way that is sly and punch-in-the-stomach powerful.
Written in magical language with unforgettable images, this is a stunning exploration of the viscerally charged landscape of growing up, how deeply we are formed by our earliest bonds, and how we are ultimately propelled at escape velocity toward our futures.
Justin Torres grew up in upstate New York, where this novel is set. His work has appeared in Granta, Tin House, and Glimmer Train. A graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop, he is a recipient of the Rolón United States Artist Fellowship in Literature, and is now a Wallace Stegner Fellow at Stanford. He has worked as a farmhand, a dog-walker, a creative writing teacher, and a bookseller.
Dr. Arturo Ornelas Lizardi, Director of El Centro de Desarrollo, Humano hacia la Comunidad (CEDEHC) in Cuernavaca, México and Dr. Eliseo Torres with the University of New Mexico.
Date: August 2, 2011
Time: 10 a.m. to noon
Location: Council Chambers, City of Longmont, CO, Civic Center Building, 350 Kimbark St.
Join us in a presentation and discussion with traditional Mexican Healers on the Curanderismo perspective regarding health, illness, prevention and treatment. Estara is working in partnership with Holistic Health Practitioners to facilitate integration of Ancient Healing Systems that are supported by
science with Primary Care.
Presented by Estara Integrative Programs, Sofia Chavez Frederick in collaboration with City of Longmont Community & Neighborhood Resources Div., Senior Services, Salud Family Health Center-Longmont, Boulder County Public Health, Multicultural Action Committee- Health Taskforce
Questions for Longmont – Presentations/Demonstrations to Health Professionals and Community Partners
Contact: Carmen Ramirez at 303-651-8444
Finally - Earlier this week I had the honor and distinct pleasure of participating in this month's teleconference put on every month by Las Comadres Para las Americas, which describes itself as "an informal internet-based group that meets monthly in many US cities to build connections and community with other Latinas.
Click here 
to subscribe and join Latinas who connect with their comadres every day." The group sponsors a book club that uses their monthly conferences to speak with writers about their books, the craft of writing, trends in publishing, etc. This month's conference featured John Phillip Santos (The Farthest Home Is An Empire Of Fire: A Tejano Elegy); Chuy Rámirez (Strawberry Fields:A Book of Short Stories); and yours truly talking about King of the Chicanos. We were interviewed by Javier Rodriguez and Lucha Corpi. It was a terrific, wide-ranging conversation, and if you missed it, you can still check it out by clicking on the audio link at the Comadres' website. Click here. And support the community-based literacy efforts of this group.
Later.
We The AnimalsJustin Torres
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt - September, 2011
[from the publisher]
An exquisite, blistering debut novel.
Three brothers tear their way through childhood— smashing tomatoes all over each other, building kites from trash, hiding out when their parents do battle, tiptoeing around the house as their mother sleeps off her graveyard shift. Paps and Ma are from Brooklyn—he’s Puerto Rican, she’s white—and their love is a serious, dangerous thing that makes and unmakes a family many times.
Life in this family is fierce and absorbing, full of chaos and heartbreak and the euphoria of belonging completely to one another. From the intense familial unity felt by a child to the profound alienation he endures as he begins to see the world, this beautiful novel reinvents the coming-of-age story in a way that is sly and punch-in-the-stomach powerful.
Written in magical language with unforgettable images, this is a stunning exploration of the viscerally charged landscape of growing up, how deeply we are formed by our earliest bonds, and how we are ultimately propelled at escape velocity toward our futures.
Justin Torres grew up in upstate New York, where this novel is set. His work has appeared in Granta, Tin House, and Glimmer Train. A graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop, he is a recipient of the Rolón United States Artist Fellowship in Literature, and is now a Wallace Stegner Fellow at Stanford. He has worked as a farmhand, a dog-walker, a creative writing teacher, and a bookseller.
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Curanderismo
Presentation and DiscussionDr. Arturo Ornelas Lizardi, Director of El Centro de Desarrollo, Humano hacia la Comunidad (CEDEHC) in Cuernavaca, México and Dr. Eliseo Torres with the University of New Mexico.
Date: August 2, 2011
Time: 10 a.m. to noon
Location: Council Chambers, City of Longmont, CO, Civic Center Building, 350 Kimbark St.
Join us in a presentation and discussion with traditional Mexican Healers on the Curanderismo perspective regarding health, illness, prevention and treatment. Estara is working in partnership with Holistic Health Practitioners to facilitate integration of Ancient Healing Systems that are supported by
science with Primary Care.
Presented by Estara Integrative Programs, Sofia Chavez Frederick in collaboration with City of Longmont Community & Neighborhood Resources Div., Senior Services, Salud Family Health Center-Longmont, Boulder County Public Health, Multicultural Action Committee- Health Taskforce
Questions for Longmont – Presentations/Demonstrations to Health Professionals and Community Partners
Contact: Carmen Ramirez at 303-651-8444
Finally - Earlier this week I had the honor and distinct pleasure of participating in this month's teleconference put on every month by Las Comadres Para las Americas, which describes itself as "an informal internet-based group that meets monthly in many US cities to build connections and community with other Latinas.
Click here to subscribe and join Latinas who connect with their comadres every day." The group sponsors a book club that uses their monthly conferences to speak with writers about their books, the craft of writing, trends in publishing, etc. This month's conference featured John Phillip Santos (The Farthest Home Is An Empire Of Fire: A Tejano Elegy); Chuy Rámirez (Strawberry Fields:A Book of Short Stories); and yours truly talking about King of the Chicanos. We were interviewed by Javier Rodriguez and Lucha Corpi. It was a terrific, wide-ranging conversation, and if you missed it, you can still check it out by clicking on the audio link at the Comadres' website. Click here. And support the community-based literacy efforts of this group.Later.
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