5 - 7 pm, PDT. FREE. 50th anniversary of the Chicano Rebellion. A discussion panel featuring Myriam Gurba, Congressman Joaquin Castro, LA Times writer Daniel Hernandez, labor activist Neidi Dominguez, Univision anchor Yarel Ramos, along with LA Mayor Eric Garcetti and actor Edward James Olmos, and a screening of the Phillip Rodriguez-directed documentary “Ruben Salazar:
The Real American Dirt: Roberto Lovato in conversation with Myriam Gurba about Roberto's book "Unforgetting: A Memoir of Family, Migration, Gangs, and the Revolution in The Americas". Presented by City Lights Books in San Francisco.
Emmy award-winning journalist Maria Hinojosa presents her new book, ONCE I WAS YOU, for Politics and Prose. About this Event In Once I Was You, Maria Hinojosa shares her intimate experience growing up Mexican American on the south side of Chicago and documenting the existential wasteland of immigration detention camps for news outlets that often
After American Dirt: Criticism as Liberation A keynote address buy the author of Mean and “Pendeja, You Ain’t Steinbeck” PennState College of the Liberal Arts Thursday, Oct 15, 6pm On Zoom - email sandoval@psu.edu for the link
Charis welcomes Felicia Luna Lemus in conversation with Myriam Gurba for a conversation of Lemus' collection of still lifes, landscapes, and portraits, Particulate Matter. Particulate Matter is the story of a year in Felicia Luna Lemus's marriage when the world turned upside down. It's set in Los Angeles, and it's about love and crisis, loss
Join us for a special event on December 5 from 7-9 pm featuring readings from ten of the most exciting voices writing in and around Philadelphia today. More than another Zoom event, this will be an innovative video program produced by award-winning local cinematographer Aly Spengler. Featured writers will perform words written by their heroes
Loyalty Bookstore is honored to host an anniversary event for Dignidad Literaria in conversation with Minorities in Publishing Podcast. This will be a fascinating conversation about the publishing industry and what actions we've seen in the past year from publishers to requests made, and more.
For Women’s History Month Myriam Gurba, author of "Mean" talks to Randa Jarrar about her new memoir, "Love is an Ex-Country". With musical guest Kelly Caballero. Program can be viewed on the WeHo Arts Youtube Channel WeHo Reads is partnering with Book Soup for book sales and we highly encourage you to buy author books and
‘Mean’ Myriam Gurba’s memoir is the California Book Club’s April 2021 selection. Mean is a book of ghosts, a series of refrains and recollections, a memoir that is also a true-crime narrative, written in a voice that is sharp and poetic, that gets underneath the skin. It is also a book of guilt and responsibility, a