5/2/10 - 5/8/10 - The McAllen Memorial High School Library Book Fair
by email from (V.I.P.F.)
(Rio Grande Valley)
The McAllen Memorial High School Library Book Fair will take place May 2—8, 2010 at Barnes & Noble (Northcross) at 4005 N. 10th & Nolana Ave., McAllen. Author signings include “The Poet Mariachi,” Daniel García Ordaz, author of You Know What I’m Sayin’? on Friday, May 7 @ 8 p.m., following readings in Spanish by Jay Alvarez, a Cuban exile and Brownsville resident, and Efraín González, and Arnulfo Vigíl—of Monterrey—at 7 p.m. Mention the book fair at the checkout and a percentage of proceeds from most purchases will go toward helping the library fund its book club. Other author events will take place all week. For more information contact Kerry Zavaleta at 956-632-5251 or kzavaleta@mcallenisd.net.
Other author events during the fair include readings by several local authors:
Monday, May 3, at 7 p.m.
Brenda Nettles Riojas, author of La Primera Voz Que Oí
Tuesday, May 4, at 7:30 p.m.
Kamala Platt, author of On The Line
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Wednesday May 5
7 p.m.: Shirley Rickett, author of Dinner In Oslo
8 p.m.: Ernesto Dueñas
Thursday, May 6
7 p.m.: Vanessa Brown, author of Twiffler; creative director of the R.G.V. Int’l. Poetry Festival
8 p.m.: Emmy Pérez, author of Solstice; Assistant Professor at UT-Pan American
Friday, May 7 at 7 p.m.
Jay Alvarez, a Cuban exile and Brownsville resident; author of Fantasias
Efraín González, author of Cuando Vuelves La Vista/When You Turn Around
Arnulfo Vigíl, national award-winning poet from Monterrey; author of Lourdes y Jorge.
Friday, May 7 at 8 p.m.
Daniel García Ordaz, author of You Know What I’m Sayin’? (Second Edition); García was selected to participate in the Texas Latino Voices project by the Texas Center For The Book and was a featured author at the Dallas International Book Fair. www.elzarapepress.com/books.html
Saturday, May 8
7 p.m.: Katie Hoerth, award-winning author of Among The Butterflies
8 p.m.: Lina Suárez, author of Hija Del Valle
