Author Talk March 22

Who/What:

Author Helena María Viramontes will speak March 22 about her books and writing as part of Cal State Fullerton's Chicana and Chicano Studies Department Café Con Leche lecture series. The public is invited to the free event. A reception will follow her talk.

When:      

Thursday, March 22
2-6 p.m.

Where:      

Cal State Fullerton, Pine Hall Room 111
800 N. State College Blvd., Fullerton, 92831

Background:     

Helena María Viramontes is the author of “Their Dogs Came With Them,” (Washington Square Press, 2008) “The Moths and Other Stories” (Arte Publico Press, 1995) and “Under the Feet of Jesus” (Plume, 1996). Named a USA Ford Fellow in 2007 by United States Artists, Viramontes also is the recipient of the John Dos Passos Prize for Literature, a Sundance Institute Fellowship, a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship and the Luis Leal Award. She is a professor of creative writing at Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y., where she is at work on a new novel.

Parking:     

$2 per hour or $8 for a daily permit Monday through Friday. Details are available online.

Sponsors:     

Chicana and Chicano Studies Alliance, Chicana and Chicano Studies Department, Office of the Vice President for Student Affairs, Women and Gender Studies, Freshman Programs and EPOCHS (Enhancing Postbaccalaureate Opportunities at Cal State Fullerton for Hispanic Students)

More Information:     

Alexandro J. Gradilla, agradilla@fullerton.edu; Gabriela Nunez, gnunez@fullerton.edu; or the Chicana and Chicano Studies Department, 657-278-3731

Media Contact:     

Mimi Ko Cruz, 657-278-7586 or mkocruz@fullerton.edu