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X-WR-CALNAME:Palabra y Poder: An Evening with Sandra Cisneros
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DESCRIPTION:An evening with celebrated writer Sandra Cisneros\, author of t
 he beloved classic The House on Mango Street and one of the most influenti
 al voices in Chicanx and American literature. Through a reading and conver
 sation with Tomás Rivera Endowed Chair and Professor of Creative Writing\
 , Alex Espinoza\, Cisneros will share her work\, her life\, and her vision
 . Together\, they will offer our campus and community an unforgettable cel
 ebration of story\, heritage\, and the transformative power of the written
  word.\n\n \n\nJoin the conversation -- submit your questions for Sandra u
 sing this form!\n \nDATE\nWednesday\, October 8\nDoors open: 6:30 pm\nEven
 t starts: 7:00pm\n \nLOCATION\nUniversity Theatre\n\n \n\nFREE and open to
  the public\n\nSeating is limited -- first come\, first served.\n\n \n\nOv
 erflow seating will be provided in Life Sciences 1500. Live-streamed video
  will also be shown online\, for those who cannot attend in person.\n\n \n
 \nA book signing will follow the live presentation.\n\n \nBIOGRAPHIES\nSan
 dra Cisneros is a poet\, short story writer\, novelist\, and essayist whos
 e work explores the lives of the working-class. Her numerous awards includ
 e NEA fellowships in both poetry and fiction\, the Texas Medal of the Arts
 \, a MacArthur Fellowship\, the PEN/Nabokov Award for International Litera
 ture\, the National Medal of Arts\, the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize\, the Amba
 ssador Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award from the Dayto
 n Literary Peace Prize Foundation\, and the Harold Washington Literary Awa
 rd. Her novel The House on Mango Street has sold over seven million copies
 \, has been translated into over twenty-five languages\, and is required r
 eading in elementary\, high school\, and universities across the nation. I
 n 2024\, The House on Mango Street was published in the Everyman’s Libra
 ry Contemporary Classics Series in recognition of the 40th anniversary of 
 its original publication. A new collection of poetry\, Woman Without Shame
 \, Cisneros’s first in 28 years\, was published in 2022 by Knopf and als
 o by Vintage Español in a Spanish language translation\, Mujer sin vergü
 enza\, by Liliana Valenzuela. Cisneros is at work on a new novel\, Infinit
 o\, to be published by Knopf in 2027. Cisneros is a dual citizen of the Un
 ited States and Mexico. As a single woman\, she chose to have books instea
 d of children. She earns her living by her pen\n\nAlex Espinoza was born i
 n Tijuana\, Mexico to Purepécha parents from the state of Michoacán and 
 raised in Southern California. His debut novel\, Still Water Saints\, was 
 published to wide critical acclaim. His second novel\, The Five Acts of Di
 ego León\, was the winner of a 2014 American Book Award from the Before C
 olumbus Foundation. Other awards include fellowships from the Bread Loaf W
 riters’ Conference\, the National Endowment for the Arts\, and Macdowell
 . He is the author of the nonfiction book Cruising: An Intimate History of
  a Radical Pastime and has written essays\, reviews\, and stories for the 
 New York Times Sunday Magazine\, Virginia Quarterly Review\, the Los Angel
 es Times\, LitHub\, and NPR. His short story “Detainment” was selected
  for inclusion in the 2022 Best American Mystery and Suspense Stories. Ale
 x lives in Los Angeles with his husband Kyle and serves as the Tomás Rive
 ra Endowed Chair and Professor of Creative Writing. His newest novel\, The
  Sons of El Rey (Simon and Schuster\, 2024) was hailed as a "knockout" by 
 Publisher's Weekly and named a "Best Book of 2024" by the New Yorker.\n\n 
 \n\nSPONSORS\n\nThe Tomas Rivera Endowed Chair / Tomas Rivera Conference\;
  Department of Creative Writing\; Department of English\; The Global Latin
 idades Initiative\; Latino and Latin American Studies Research Center (LLA
 SRC)\; Center for Ideas and Society\n\n \n\nPhoto by Keith Dannemiller
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LOCATION:University Theatre
SUMMARY:Palabra y Poder: An Evening with Sandra Cisneros
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CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations
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