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September 25th to October 4th 2008

Saturday, October 4th

Book Sellers and other Vending Booths open all day

10 am   Fair Opens
10:00 -11:00 am   NPR News Analyst and author, Juan Williams
12:00 am - noon   Robert V. Hine author of Dynamite and Dreams (City Works Press) with Mike Davis
noon - 1:00 pm    Latinos in Lotusland with Helena Viramontes, Reyna Grande, Melinda Palacio, and Jennifer Silva Redmond
1:00-1:30 pm   Helena Viramontes author of Under the Feet of Jesus
1:30-3:00 pm  

Hunger and Thirst, a literary anthology on food published by City Works Press with award winning poet Li-Young Lee and others

3:00-4:00 pm   Thomas Frank author of What’s the Matter with Kansas? and The Wrecking Crew
4:00-5:00 pm   Paul Rieckhoff author of Chasing Ghosts: Failures and Facades in Iraq: A Soldier’s Perspective

5:00-6:30 pm

  Nationally-renowned Poet of Witness,
Carolyn Forché

In the Saville Theatre on the City College campus


Friday, October 3rd

7:00 to 8:00 pm   Marisela Norte author of Peeping Tom Tom Girl (on City Works Press)

8:00 to 9:00 pm

  Jimmy Santiago Baca author of A Place to Stand and most recently of Rita and Julia (on City Works Press)

In the Saville Theatre on the City College campus


Thursday, October 2nd 

11:15 am to 12:35 pm

 

Iraq War documentary, Body of War, a film by Phil Donahue and Ellen Spiro

In the Saville Theatre on the City College campus 


Wednesday, October 1st

11:15 am to 12:35 pm

 

Sam Quinones will discuss his books Antonio’s Gun and Delfino’s Dream: True Tales of Mexican Migration and True Tales from Another Mexico

In Room D121 on the City College campus


Tuesday, September 30th

11:15 am to 12:35 pm

  Patricia Santana author of Ghosts of El Grullo and Danalee Buhler author of Running from Coyote: A White Family Among the Navajo will read from their books

In Room D121 on the City College campus 


Monday, September 29th

11:15 am to 12:35 pm

  Maurice Jardine will read from his memoir, Waves of Recovery

In Room D121 on the City College campus 


Thursday, September 25th

7:00 pm

 

A documentary film, Fotoaktion! by Perry Vasquez

At the Museum of Photographic Arts in Balboa Park

 

 

 Please note: Schedule subject to change