Palabra Pura: Marc Zimmerman Carlos Cumpian Book Launch + Open Mic
@ 18th Street Casa de Cultura
2057 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Sunday, November 19th, from 1PM - 5PM
LACASA Chicago, Movimento Artístico Chicano (MARCH), 18th Street Casa de Cultura & Guild Literary Complex Invite you to Marc Zimmerman’s Pre-85th Birthday Book Launch of his most important Chicago Latino Publication on the rise of a literary movement: Mexican and Chicano Literature in Chicago: Transplanting Early Roots to the Barrios and Beyond.
“Zimmerman [is] a writer keenly sensitive to the vital literary, socio-cultural and ethno-communal nuances which his book explores and illuminates.” — Roberto Márquez. Latino Lit. Specialist.
Schedule:
1:00—Book Display/Signing/ Sales.
Photos by Diana Solís.
Music: Negrete Sisters & Juan Corona.
1:30— Key Writers in the Book, A Reading: Marta Ayala, Carlos
Cumpián, Raúl Niño, Marc Zimmerman
2:00—Book Discussion. Marta Ayala, emcee. Prof. Olga L. Herrera,
Marc Zimmerman, Carlos Cumpián, Raúl Niño
3:00—Book Signing/Sales. Light Refreshments
3:30—Guild Palabra Pura Book Launch:
Joel Méndez, Antonio Zavala, Pablo Ramírez
followed by:
POETRY / OPEN MIC:
Eduardo Arocho, emcee; Crystal Vance Guerra
3 minutes per reader: 1st come/1st serve
Pre-signup: mzimmerman1939@gmail.com
Free Admission, but limited seating. RSVP: tinyurl.com/chicanolit
For more on LACASA-promoted works, visit lacasachicagobooks.org
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