4th Annual San Diego City College Int'l Book Fair
Sept. 28-Oct. 3, 2009
Perla Batalla

Perla Batalla Photo by Sherry Barnett

Sept. 28 - City College Room D121A/B

12:45-2 p.m. Author Michael Ornelas, The Sons of Guadalupe

7-8 p.m. Author David Lucero, The Sandman


Sept. 29 - City College Room D121A/B

12:45-2:10 p.m. Author Reyna Grande, Dancing with Butterflies


Sept. 30 - City College Room L110

5:30-6:45 p.m. Author Cheryl Klein, Creative Writing Workshop

Sept. 30 - City College Room D121A/B

7-8:30 p.m. Author Cheryl Klein, Lilac Mines


Oct. 1 - City College Room D121A/B

12:45-2:10 p.m. Residency with Perla Batalla

Oct. 1 - World Beat Cultural Center (Click for Directions)

6:30-9 p.m. Director Terrence Stubbs, premiere: Nommogeneity

Reception at 6:30 p.m. Screening at 7 p.m.

 

Oct. 2 - City College Saville Theatre

7-8 p.m. Author Ella deCastro Baron, Itchy Brown Girl Seeks Employment

8-9 p.m. Author Ana Castillo, The Guardians

9 p.m. Concert with Perla Batalla

Oct. 3 - City College Saville Theatre

Full day of authors

10 a.m. Gustavo Arellano, Orange County; ¡Ask a Mexican!

11 a.m. Rodolfo Acuña, lecture, "Chicano Studies: from Activism to Mainstream"

12 noon Lavanderia: A Mixed Load of Women, Wash and Word., edited by Donna J. Watson

Lavanderia readings by Ella deCastro Baron, Chris Baron, Nancy Cary, Olga García Echeverría, Lucia Gbaya-Kanga, Nadia Mandilawi, D. Zenani Mzube, Michelle Sierra

1 p.m. Barry Sanders, The Green Zone: The Environmental Costs of Militarism

2 p.m. William Powers, lecture, "Write to Make Change"

3 p.m. Marilyn Chin, Revenge of the Mooncake Vixen

4 p.m. Laurel Corona, Until Our Last Breath

5 p.m. Willie Perdomo, Where a Nickel Costs a Dime

Oct. 3 - City College Room C211 En español (reading in Spanish)

4 p.m. P. J. Sáinz, Crónicas chúntaras. La música de la plebada

 
Children and Young Adults

Oct. 3 - Children’s activity room—south end of cafeteria

10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Variety of activities for children, including face painting, writing, illustrating books, making lucha libre (wrestling) masks, and more.

 

Oct. 3 - Moved to D121A/B

10:00 a.m. Willie Perdomo, Visiting Langston (level: 4-8 years old)

10:45 a.m. Roberta Labastida, My Ancestors’ Village (8-12)

11:30 a.m. Rick Halsey, Fire and Chaparral (12-adult)

12:15 p.m. Jeff Garcia, Santa Claus and the Molokai Mules: A Hawaiian Surfing Adventure (4-8)

1:00 p.m. Larry Keough, Fragilly and Dirty Dan

1:45 p.m. Janet Gastil, Follow the Sun (12-20 and up)

3:15 p.m. Lowell Lindsay, Fossil Treasures (12-16)

4:00 p.m.  Ying Chang Compestine, A Banquet for Hungry Ghosts (13-17)

 

Oct. 3 - City College Room C211 En español (readings in Spanish)

10:45 a.m. Úrsula Tania, Aspuk, Aspuk, Colorin, Colorado: Espectáculo de cuentos, mitos, y leyendas de las Californias, música por Jesse Vázquez ¨Chaks.¨ (3+)

1:00 p.m. José Lozano, Once Around the Block: Una Vuelta a la Manzana (4-8)

2:30 p.m. P. J. Sáinz, Mica Chueca (12-20+)

 
Vendors

AK Press

Bluestocking Books

Book Works

Bray Books

Calaca Press

Mary Mason Bookseller

Open Door Books

Plowshare Media & Write Out Loud

PM Press

San Diego Writers, Inc.

SIFE (Students in Free Enterprise)

Sunbelt Publications

Kane Miller

 

Featuring:

Michael Ornelas

 Michael Ornelas

Michael Ornelas is the chairperson and professor of Chicano Studies at Mesa College. His book, The Sons of Guadalupe is a product of his research that began in 2006.

The book features a unique first-voice analysis of the experiences of the Vietnam generation from his hometown of Guadalupe, California. It takes a historical approach which includes the Vietnam veteran generation during their youth, their experiences in the local schools, their pre- and post-war experiences. Their testimonials reveal the struggles of their early lives in small-town agricultural California and the trauma of the Vietnam War that severely disrupted their lives and continues to haunt their peace.

All of the funds generated through the sale of the book, as well as author's fees and royalties and graphic design fees donated to the Sons of Guadalupe Association, a Guadalupe Vietnam veteran organization dedicated to funding charitable causes in the area. Ornelas is currently exploring a documentary film treatment of the book through Latino Public Broadcasting with local filmmaker Isaac Artenstein of Cinewest Productions.

Ornelas graduated from the University of California at Santa Barbara with undergraduate and graduate degrees in history. He has been a professor of Chicano Studies since 1976. This is his third book.