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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=6
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:26.0pt;color:black;
font-weight:bold'> Helena Maria Viramontes </span></font></b></p>
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color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:26.0pt;color:black;
font-weight:bold'>and Manuel Muñoz</span></font></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><u1:date Month="5" Day="15" Year="2007"><b><font size=5 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:20.0pt;
color:black;font-weight:bold'>Tuesday May 15, 2007</span></font></b></u1:date></p>
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font-weight:bold'>Authors’ reception: Alumni House. </span></font></b><u1:time Hour="16" Minute="0"><b><font size=5 color=black><span style='font-size:20.0pt;color:black;font-weight:bold'>4:00
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</span></font></b><u1:time Hour="19" Minute="0"><b><font size=5 color=black><span
style='font-size:20.0pt;color:black;font-weight:bold'>7:00 p.m.</span></font></b></u1:time><b><font
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Hall of Letters 100.</span></font></b></p>
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size=4 color=black><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black;font-weight:bold'>,
</span></font></b><u1:City><b><font size=4 color=black><span style='font-size:
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</span></font></b><b><font size=4 color=black><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
color:black;font-weight:bold'><u1:State>CA</span></font></b></u1:State><b><font
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</span></font></b><b><font size=4 color=black><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
color:black;font-weight:bold'><u1:PostalCode>92373</span></font></b></u1:PostalCode></u1:address></p>
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style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black;font-weight:bold'>Book-signing immediately
following reading. A limited number of books will be available for sale. </span></font></b></p>
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style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black;font-weight:bold'>Please RSVP for reception
to eliza_rodriguezygibson@redlands.edu</span></font></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black;font-weight:bold'>Helena María Viramontes</span></font></b><font
color=black><span style='color:black'> is the author of <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>The Moths and Other Stories; Under the Feet of Jesus,</span></i>
a novel; and the co-editor, with Maria Herrera Sobek, of two collections: <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>Chicana (W)rites: On Word and Film</span></i> and <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>Chicana Creativity and Criticism</span></i>.
Her latest novel is <i><span style='font-style:italic'>Their Dogs Came With
Them</span></i>. The recipient of numerous awards and honors, including
the 2006 Luis Leal Award and the John Dos Passos Award for Literature, her
short stories and essays have been widely anthologized and her writings have
been adopted for classroom use and university study. A community organizer and
former coordinator of the Los Angeles Latino Writers Association, she is a
frequent reader and lecturer in the </span></font><u1:country-region><u1:place><font
color=black><span style='color:black'>U.S.</span></font></u1:place></u1:country-region><font
color=black><span style='color:black'> and internationally. Born and
raised in </span></font><u1:place><font color=black><span style='color:black'>East
L.A.</span></font></u1:place><font color=black><span style='color:black'>,
Viramontes now lives in </span></font><u1:place><u1:City><font color=black><span
style='color:black'>Ithaca</span></font></u1:City><font color=black><span
style='color:black'>, </span></font><u1:State><font color=black><span
style='color:black'>New York</span></font></u1:State></u1:place><font
color=black><span style='color:black'>, where she is Professor in the
Department of English at </span></font><u1:place><u1:PlaceName><font
color=black><span style='color:black'>Cornell</span></font></u1:PlaceName><font
color=black><span style='color:black'> </span></font><font color=black><span
style='color:black'><u1:PlaceType>University</span></font></u1:PlaceType></u1:place><font
color=black><span style='color:black'>.<br>
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<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Manuel Muñoz</span></b> is the author of <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>The Faith Healer of Olive Avenue,</span></i> a
collection of short stories. <i><span style='font-style:italic'>Zigzagger</span></i>,
his first short-story collection, was published by Northwestern University
Press in 2003. He is the recipient of a Constance Saltonstall Foundation
Individual Artist's Grant in Fiction and a National Endowment for the Arts
literature fellowship for 2006. His work has appeared in many journals,
including <i><span style='font-style:italic'>Rush Hour, Swink, Epoch, Glimmer
Train, </span></i></span></font><u1:City><u1:place><i><font color=black><span
style='color:black;font-style:italic'>Edinburgh</span></font></i></u1:place></u1:City><i><font
color=black><span style='color:black;font-style:italic'> Review</span></font></i><font
color=black><span style='color:black'> and <i><span style='font-style:italic'>Boston
Review</span></i>, and has aired on National Public Radio’s Selected
Shorts. A native of </span></font><u1:place><u1:City><font color=black><span
style='color:black'>Dinuba</span></font></u1:City><font color=black><span
style='color:black'>, </span></font><u1:State><font color=black><span
style='color:black'>California</span></font></u1:State></u1:place><font
color=black><span style='color:black'>, Manuel graduated from </span></font><u1:place><u1:PlaceName><font
color=black><span style='color:black'>Harvard</span></font></u1:PlaceName><font
color=black><span style='color:black'> </span></font><font color=black><span
style='color:black'><u1:PlaceType>University</span></font></u1:PlaceType></u1:place><font
color=black><span style='color:black'> and received his MFA in creative writing
at </span></font><u1:place><u1:PlaceName><font color=black><span
style='color:black'>Cornell</span></font></u1:PlaceName><font color=black><span
style='color:black'> </span></font><font color=black><span style='color:black'><u1:PlaceType>University</span></font></u1:PlaceType></u1:place><font
color=black><span style='color:black'>. He now lives in </span></font><u1:City><u1:place><font
color=black><span style='color:black'>New York City</span></font></u1:place></u1:City><font
color=black><span style='color:black'>, where he is at work on a novel.</span></font></p>
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Please contact <a href="mailto:eliza_rodriguezygibson@redlands.edu">eliza_rodriguezygibson@redlands.edu</a></span></font></p>
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