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Special Events

“Dreams, Landscapes and Spiritual Journeys: Exploring the World of Bless Me, Ultima”

The Community is invited to celebrate the joy of reading at a panel discussion on the book Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya.

University of St. Thomas
Anderson Hall
3921 Mt. Vernon | Houston, Texas 77006
(Parking is available on campus at Moran Garage for $2.00. Enter from West Alabama on to Graustark.)
www.stthom.edu | www.literalmagazine.com
Panel Discussion of Bless Me Ultima
Thursday, September 27 | 6:30 PM

Moderator: Rose Mary Salum - Founder and director, Literal Magazine
Panelists: Jose Aranda, Associate Professor of English, Department of English Rice University; Tony Diaz, Founder and Director, Nuestra Palabra: Latino Writers Having Their Say; R. Joseph Rodríguez, Director, Language Acquisition Center, Department of Modern and Classical Languages, University of Houston

Sponsored by the Houston Public Library, Literal Magazine, and the Department of Languages, St. Thomas University.

5th Annual Edward James Olmos Houston Latino Book and Family Festival

George R. Brown Convention Center
1001 Avenida de las Americas | Houston, Texas 77010
www.nuestrapalabra.org

Presentation by Margarite Fernandez Olmos, professor of Latin American Languages and Cultures at Brooklyn College of the City University of New York.

Books on the Bayou Keynote Presentation: The Magical World of Rudolfo Anaya and Bless Me Ultima
Saturday, September 29 | 12 PM

Spirited Identities and US Latino/Creole Writing" (Identidad, Espiritu y la Literatura Latina y Criolla)
Sunday, September 30 | 11 AM
Presented in Spanish.