Visit the Pima County Public Library’s Nuestras Raíces tent at the Tucson Festival of Books on the University of Arizona Campus, March 9-10, 2013. The Nuestras Raíces tent will showcase Mexican-American authors, arts and culture through a variety of interactive presentations and workshops. Admission and parking are free both days of the festival.
Highlights of the weekend are below, including a special talk on Sunday, March 10, by our very own Las Comadres national founder, Nora Comstock! Check out the full Nuestras Raíces schedule here.
¡Ban This! The BSP Anthology of Xican@ Literature
A panel discussion about the significance of Chicano/a Literature and fighting censorship in modern America featuring special guest moderator, best-selling banned author, Luis Alberto Urrea.
Panel members include Albuquerque author/poet and musician Andrea Serrano; author/publisher and editor of ¡Ban This! The BSP Anthology of Xican@ Literature, Santino J. Rivera; San Diego author/poet and educator, Lizz Huerta; and author of Taco USA: How Mexican Food Conquered America, ¡Ask A Mexican! columnist and editor of the OC Weekly, Gustavo Arellano.
Saturday, March 9, 2013
11:30 am – 12:30 pm
Tucson Festival of Books
Gallagher Theater
Journeys
Authors Guadalupe Garcia McCall and Reyna Grande (who is one of the contributing authors of our Count On Me anthology!) discuss the themes of immigration, resilience, family, and the life journeys of women in their respective novels.
Sunday, March 10, 2013
11:30 am – 12:30 pm
Tucson Festival of Books
Integrated Learning Center 130
Count On Me: Tales of Sisterhood and Fierce Friendships
Nora Comstock, founder of Las Comadres, an international networking group for Latinas, highlights some of the stories of comadrazgo and friendship in the newly published anthology, Count On Me: Tales of Sisterhoods and Fierce Friendships. (Also available in Spanish as Cuenta Conmigo: Conmovedoras historias de hermandad y amistades incondicionales.)
Las Comadres also partners with the Association of American Publishers (AAP) to promote reading of Latino authors by creating the first national level book club: Las Comadres & Friends National Latino Book Club. The national book club has grown out of a series of highly successful monthly teleconferences which we host, with each teleconference featuring one book club-selected author.
Sunday, March 10, 2013
2:30 pm – 3:30 pm
Tucson Festival of Books
Nuestras Raíces Performance Stage