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Entre Comadres: A conversation with author Sandra Cisneros

October 14 @ 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm

Free
Event flier for "Entre Comadres: a conversation with Sandra Cisneros," taking place Monday, October 14, 4:30-6 p.m. in Upson Room at Walter Library with author photo

Event flier for "Entre Comadres: a conversation with Sandra Cisneros," taking place Monday, October 14, 4:30-6 p.m. in Upson Room at Walter Library with author photoJoin us for a lively conversation between “comadres,” (among friends), Paloma Barraza, History Iberian & Latin American Studies Librarian, Dr. Jessica Lopez-Lyman, Chicano Latino Studies, and Latine acclaimed author Sandra Cisneros!

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It has been 40 years since Sandra Cisneros’s trailblazing book The House on Mango Street was first published. With over 7 million copies sold, the book is a powerful novel about a young girl in a working-class Chicana family in Chicago.

The conversation will highlight the 40th anniversary of the book, which is both banned and required reading depending on your state. The conversation will also highlight Cisnero as a poet, short story writer, novelist, essayist, and activist whose work explores the lives of the working-class.

Her numerous awards include NEA fellowships in both poetry and fiction, the Texas Medal of the Arts, a MacArthur Fellowship, The PEN/Nabokov Award for International Literature, the National Medal of Arts, the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize, and the Ambassador Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award from the Dayton Literary Peace Prize Foundation.

Event details

What: Entre Comadres: A conversation with author Sandra Cisneros
When: Monday, Oct. 14 | 4:30-6 p.m.
Where: Walter Library | Parking and directions

This event is co-sponsored by the Department of Chicano & Latino Studies and the Latino/a/x Faculty and Staff Association (LFSA).

Details

Date:
October 14
Time:
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Cost:
Free
Event Category:

Organizer

University of Minnesota Libraries
Phone
612-624-4520
Email
libevent@umn.edu
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Venue

Walter Library
117 Pleasant St SE
Minneapolis, 55455 United States
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