ELENA PONIATOWSKA, JUDITH ORTIZ COFER
CONTINUE MARGARETT ROOT BROWN READING SERIES
Authors Elena Poniatowska and Judith Ortiz Cofer
will continue the Margarett Root Brown Houston Reading Series,
co-sponsored by Inprint and the University of Houston, March 21
in UH’s Cullen Auditorium.
French-born Mexican novelist and journalist Elena Poniatowska has
authored more than 30 fiction and non-fiction works, most in Spanish.
She has gained international attention through her bold, outspoken
criticism of the Mexican government, which is a theme throughout
most of her works. Some of Poniatowska’s books include “Massacre
in Mexico,” about the government’s murder of 325 Mexican
college students in 1968, and “Tinisima,” a biography
of the Italian photographer Tina Modotti. In 2001 Poniatowska received
the Alfaguara Prize, a Spanish-language literary award, for her
latest novel “The Skin of the Sky.”
The New York Times has described author and professor Judith Ortiz
Cofer as a “writer of authentic gifts, with a genuine and
important story to tell.” A native Puerto Rican who grew up
mostly in the U.S., Cofer is known for her collections of essays
and poems that tell her story, including “Silent Dancing:
A Partial Remembrance of a Puerto Rican Childhood,” which
received the PEN/Martha Albrand nonfiction award. Ortiz Cofer’s
other works include “The Line of The Sun” and “The
Latin Deli.” Her most recent work, “The Meaning of Consuelo,”
received the 2003 Americas Award. Ortiz Cofer teaches English and
creative writing at the University of Georgia.
Doors open to the public at 6:45 p.m., and the reading begins at
7:30 p.m. General admission is $5, and the event is free for students
and senior citizens. Tickets are available only at the door the
night of the reading. Seating is limited; no late seating is available.
The Margarett Root Brown Houston Reading Series, now in its 24th
season and presented in association with the UH Creative Writing
Program and the Alley Theatre, brings the world’s leading
writers to Houston. The remaining writer for the series is Jonathan
Franzen, who reads on April 11 at the Alley Theatre.
For information, call 713-521-2026 or visit
http://www.inprint-inc.org
WHO: |
Elena Poniatowska and Judith Ortiz
Cofer |
WHAT: |
UH and Inprint’s Margarett Root Brown Houston
Reading Series |
WHEN: |
Monday, March 21, 2005
6:45 p.m. Doors open
7:30 p.m. Reading begins |
WHERE: |
Cullen Performance Hall, University of Houston |
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