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2004 One
Book for Greater Hartford
Cuando era Puertorriqueña
When I Was Puerto Rican
by
Esmeralda Santiago
One Book,
a program of Hartford Public Library, is a regional effort to engage the
community in a shared experience, the reading of one book. This is an
accessible, affordable and fun literary event that encourages broad
participation and offers opportunities to gather and discuss issues
relevant to our community.
Throughout the
summer and well into the fall, libraries, schools, churches and
community book groups come together to share a common dialogue. They
gather to discuss, in English and in Spanish, the passage of a young
girl who left the rural landscape of Puerto Rico for urban New York. With her
poetic voice and passionate style, Esmeralda Santiago introduces us
to the native island of her childhood and of
her bewildering years of transition in
New York City.
This
year’s One Book When I was Puerto Rican is a triumphant
coming-of-age memoir that gives voice to her cross-cultural journey. The
2004 One Book program culminates October 16 with an author talk and
reception at Hartford Public Library with Esmeralda Santiago. |
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Upcoming
Events:
Festival of Puerto
Rican Literature
Print
Flier
October
16, 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
One Book for Greater
Hartford Author Event
October 16, 7:00 - 9:00 pm
Writing a
Life, Documentary
October 15, 7:30 pm
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art
2004 Honorary Chair
Mayor Eddie Perez
City of Hartford
About the Author
Biography
About the Book
Reading Resource
Guide
Guía de
recursos de lectura para el programa
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