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From: angelica carpenter <angelica>
Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2006 17:11:28 -0700
ANCA, the Arne Nixon Center Advocates, the support group for the Arne Nixon Center for the Study of Children?s Literature at California State University, Fresno, invites everyone to an event featuring Cuban-American author Margarita Engle on Saturday, October 21 at Arte Am?ricas in Fresno.
Margarita Engle's first children's book, The Poet Slave of Cuba: A Biography of Juan Francisco Manzano has won starred reviews in School Library Journal, Booklist, The Horn Book Magazine, and The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books and was praised in the Chicago Tribune, Baltimore Sun, and many other publications.
Manzano, who lived from 1797 to 1853, was born the slave of a wealthy woman who denied him an education but appreciated his talent for poetry. His verses reflect the beauty of the world and they also expose its hideous cruelty.
Margarita Engle tells his story in free verse, using many voices--the poet's, his mother's, his father's, and also those of his owners. The book, illustrated by Sean Qualls, includes examples of Manzano's poems in Spanish and in English translation.
The Clovis, California, author is herself a botanist, agronomist, and the author of two adult novels about Cuba, Skywriting and Singing to Cuba.
The event, co-sponsored by ANCA, will be held on Saturday, October 21, from 1 to 3 p.m. at Arte Am?ricas, 1630 Van Ness, Fresno, California, 93721. Admission is $3 for adults, $2 for seniors and students, free to children under 12. The Web site is www.arteamericas.org. Margarita Engle's books will be available for sale and autographing at the event.
For information call (559) 266-2623
Received on Thu 31 Aug 2006 07:11:28 PM CDT
Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2006 17:11:28 -0700
ANCA, the Arne Nixon Center Advocates, the support group for the Arne Nixon Center for the Study of Children?s Literature at California State University, Fresno, invites everyone to an event featuring Cuban-American author Margarita Engle on Saturday, October 21 at Arte Am?ricas in Fresno.
Margarita Engle's first children's book, The Poet Slave of Cuba: A Biography of Juan Francisco Manzano has won starred reviews in School Library Journal, Booklist, The Horn Book Magazine, and The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books and was praised in the Chicago Tribune, Baltimore Sun, and many other publications.
Manzano, who lived from 1797 to 1853, was born the slave of a wealthy woman who denied him an education but appreciated his talent for poetry. His verses reflect the beauty of the world and they also expose its hideous cruelty.
Margarita Engle tells his story in free verse, using many voices--the poet's, his mother's, his father's, and also those of his owners. The book, illustrated by Sean Qualls, includes examples of Manzano's poems in Spanish and in English translation.
The Clovis, California, author is herself a botanist, agronomist, and the author of two adult novels about Cuba, Skywriting and Singing to Cuba.
The event, co-sponsored by ANCA, will be held on Saturday, October 21, from 1 to 3 p.m. at Arte Am?ricas, 1630 Van Ness, Fresno, California, 93721. Admission is $3 for adults, $2 for seniors and students, free to children under 12. The Web site is www.arteamericas.org. Margarita Engle's books will be available for sale and autographing at the event.
For information call (559) 266-2623
Received on Thu 31 Aug 2006 07:11:28 PM CDT
