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Corazon sin Fronteras (Heart without Borders)


That is the name of the weeklong Literary Festival starting on Tuesday of this week at Our Lady of the Lake University. Headlining this series will be Sandra Cisneros, former literature director of the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center in San Antonio, TX and resident of the infamous "purple house" on Guenther Street. As you may recall, at our last book club we discussed Cisnero's House on Mango Street as a future book selection. Here is an excellent opportunity to participate in an "intimate conversation" with Ms. Cisneros and other authors throughout the week. Details of the festival can be found here.

A couple of the programs, including Tuesday's "An Evening with Sandra," Thursday's "Confessions: A call for Justice" with Demetria Martinez reading from her book Confessions of a Berlitz-Tape Chicana and Friday's "La Comida Tells the Story: A Woman's Workshop About Writing, Eating and Loving" and "Beyond Borders: Coover and Santos" featuring authors Robert Coover and John Phillip Santos sound too good to miss. I'm willing to get into work at the crack of dawn just for the chance to attend these events. Anyone interested in joining me is more than welcome to come along (and remind me it's time to leave work)!

Upcoming Books

Upcoming Wednesday Gatherings

  • June 13th hosted by Summer
  • July 11th hosted by Vivian
  • Aug 8th hosted by Patricia

Previous Books 2007

  • JANUARY: The Memory Keepers Daughter by Kim Edwards
  • FEBRUARY: March by Geraldine Brooks
  • MARCH: Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe: A Novel by Fannie Flagg
  • APRIL: A Simple Plan by Scott Smith
  • MAY: The Thirteenth Tale: A Novel by Diane Setterfield

Previous Books 2006