  Gustavo Arellano
9:35-11:35 a.m.
D121A/B
Back by popular demand, Gustavo Arellano is a writer for the Orange County Weekly where he takes on questions from the racist to the inane or naïve in his nationally syndicated column, íAsk a Mexican!” His column was published in a best seller book by the same title published in 2007. Arellano’s column has a weekly circulation of over 2 million in 39 newspapers across the U.S. and won the 2006 and 2008 Association of Alternative Weeklies award for Best Column. His most recent book, Orange County: A Personal History, is a memoir, . The writer is also a contributing editor to the Los Angeles Times Op/Ed pages and a radio host on KPFK-FM 90.7.He lives in Orange County and is the proud son of Mexican immigrants.
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Zohreh Ghahremani (Zoe) is an Iranian-American whose book, Sky of Red Poppies, was released October 2010. It focuses on an unusual friendship between two young women coming of age in a politically divided 1960's Iran under rule of the Shah. Her first book, The Commiserator, was published in 2000 in her native language, Persian. Over two hundred of her essays and vignettes – both in English and Persian - have appeared in several magazines and bloggers. Gharemani has written three novels, including The Moon Daughter, which is a finalist in San Diego Book Awards. A charter member of San Diego Writers’ Ink, Zoe is also on its board and has organized the Great Book Exchange. She is a member of IAWA, and has previously served on the board of the San Diego Book Awards. The author has made the U.S. her permanent home over the past four decades. Following twenty-five years of teaching at Northwestern University, as well as running her dental practice in the Chicago area, she retired in pursuit of her lifelong passion and became a writer. She lives in San Diego with her husband and close to their three children. When not writing, she enjoys painting and gardening. More info: http://www.zoeghahremani.com/blog1/?tag=zohreh-ghahremani |
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