Arturo Mantecon, Francisco Alarcon, and Jorge Argueta in store!
- When
- Tue Apr 3, 2012
- Where
- Modern Times Bookstore Collective
- Time
- 7 pm - 9 pm
- Tags
- Literary Arts, Author Appearances
Description
Join Modern Times for an evening with award-winning authors Arturo Mantecon, Francisco Alarcon, and Jorge Argueta. Mantecon has translated the poems of Spanish poet Leopoldo Maria Panero, a self described "Communist, homosexual and paranoid schizophrenic"—who lives now in a mental hospital. For this event, Mantecon will read Panero's work in English, and Alarcon and Argueta will read in Spanish. Alarcon and Argueta will also read selections of their own work.About the featured authors:
Like many other Mexicans at the time, Francisco Alarcon's grandparents moved to the U.S. following the Mexican Revolution (1910-917). They returned to Mexico after the Big Depression. Alarcon's U.S. born mother and uncles returned to the U.S. in the 40s during the war effort. For Alarcon, who was born in the U.S. but also lived in Guadalajara, Mexico as a child, the border doesn't really exist. Francisco Alarcon is a bi-national, bi-cultural, bilingual poet and educator. His children's books vividly paint pictures of Latino culture, family, fun, and flavor. Alarcón currently directs the Spanish for Native Speakers Program at the University of California, Davis.
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Born in El Salvador, Jorge Argueta immigrated to San Francisco, California in 1980. He is a prize-winning poet and author of many bilingual children’s books and poetry books.
His first book for Children’s Book Press, A Movie in My Pillow / Una película en mi almohada, received numerous awards including the 2002 Américas Book Award for Latin American Literature, the IPPY Award for Multicultural Fiction–Juvenile/Young Adults, and the Skipping Stones Honor Award for Multicultural and International Books.
Jorge’s books have been published by pretigious editorial houses in Canada (Groundwood Books), the United States (Children’s Book Press) and Spain (Alfaguara). His books have been beautifully illustrated by well-known Latin- American illustrators.
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