{"id":24005,"date":"2016-03-24T12:41:50","date_gmt":"2016-03-24T19:41:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csws.uoregon.edu\/?page_id=24005"},"modified":"2016-06-22T11:25:28","modified_gmt":"2016-06-22T18:25:28","slug":"keynote-reyna-grande","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/csws-archive.uoregon.edu\/events-2\/2014-nwws\/2016-csws-northwest-women-writers-symposium\/keynote-reyna-grande\/","title":{"rendered":"Keynote with Reyna Grande"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cFrom Iguala to El Otro Lado: A young girl\u2019s journey to the American Dream\u201d<\/span>
\nKeynote Reading & Talk with Reyna Grande<\/h4>\n

May 6, 2016
\n6 p.m. – 8 p.m.
\nDowntown Eugene Public Library at 10th and Olive
\n100 W. 10th St., Eugene, OR 97401<\/p>\n

Takes place during First Friday Art Walk.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cReyna Grande is an award-winning novelist and memoirist. She has received an American Book Award, the El Premio Aztl\u00e1n Literary Award, and the Latino Book Award. In 2012, she was a finalist for the prestigious National Book Critics Circle Awards. Her works have been published internationally in countries such as Norway and South Korea.<\/p>\n

\"across-a-hundred-mountains\"<\/a>\u201cHer novels, Across a Hundred Mountains<\/em> and Dancing with Butterflies<\/em>, were published to critical acclaim and have been read widely in schools across the country. Her latest book, The Distance Between Us<\/em>, was published in August 2012, by Atria Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster. In this memoir, Reyna writes about her life before and after illegally immigrating from Mexico to the United States. A National Book Circle Critics Award finalist, The Distance Between Us<\/em> is an inspirational coming-of-age story about the pursuit of a better life. The Los Angeles Times<\/em> hailed it as \u2018the Angela\u2019s Ashes<\/em> of the modern Mexican immigrant experience.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cBorn in Iguala, Guerrero, Mexico, Reyna was two years old when her father left for the U.S. to find work. Her mother followed her father north two years later, leaving Reyna and her siblings behind in Mexico. In 1985, when Reyna was going on ten, she entered the U.S. as an undocumented immigrant. She later went on to become the first person in her family to graduate. After attending Pasadena City College for two years, Reyna obtained a B.A. in creative writing and film & video from the University of California, Santa Cruz. She later received her M.F.A. in creative writing from Antioch University \u2026 she is \u2026 an active promoter of Latino literature and is a sought-after speaker at high schools, colleges, and universities across the nation.\u201d<\/p>\n

See also: A conversation with Reyna Grande<\/a><\/p>\n

Sponsors<\/h4>\n

Hosted by the Center for the Study of Women in Society at the University of Oregon in cooperation with Eugene Pubic Library, this symposium is generously cosponsored by\u00a0Oregon Humanities Center\u2019s Endowment for Public Outreach in the Arts, Sciences, and Humanities; UO Libraries; Center for Latino\/a and Latin American Studies; Department of Women\u2019s and Gender Studies; Department of English; School of Journalism and Communication; School of Music and Dance; and the University Health Center.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cFrom Iguala to El Otro Lado: A young girl\u2019s journey to the American Dream\u201d Keynote Reading & Talk with Reyna Grande May 6, 2016 6 p.m. – 8 p.m. Downtown Eugene Public Library at 10th and Olive 100 W. 10th…<\/p>\n

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