Support from Poets & Writers, Inc. is made possible through a grant it has received from the James Irvine Foundation.

Readings by Michael Ornelas, Gustavo Arellano, Ying Chang Compestine are presented in collaboration with the City College World Cultures Program.

Special thanks to San Diego City Works Press, who have published or showcased many of the works featured at the fair.

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The City of San Diego Commission for Arts and Culture

The American Federation of Teachers Local 1930

The San Diego Bookseller's Association

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Featuring:

Richard Halsey

Richard Halsey

Richard Halsey, author of Fire, Chapparal, and Survival in Southern California, is a noted fire ecologist and trained wildland fire-fighter who researched southern California chaparral for over two decades. A popular instructor at the San Diego Natural History Museum, he coordinates education and research efforts for the California Chaparral Institute, and has been featured in the Los Angeles Times and on Huell Howser's “California's Green” on PBS.