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Jennifer Morales

Jennifer Morales on “Words for a Lifetime”

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In recent years I’ve gone back to read some classic fiction that I was first asked to read in high school, 30 years ago, books like The House on Mango Street, The Great Gatsby, and… 

The Missing Kennedy by Elizabeth Koehler-Pentacoff

Elizabeth Koehler-Pentacoff’s new book, The Missing Kennedy: Rosemary Kennedy and the Secret Bonds of Four Women, in People Magazine

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Check out this discussion of Festival of Books’ Keynote Elizabeth Koehler-Pentacoff’s new book, The Missing Kennedy: Rosemary Kennedy and the Secret Bonds of Four Women, in People Magazine! http://www.people.com/article/rosemary-kennedy-siblings-didnt-see-her-after-lobotomy Koehler-Pentacoff will be speaking at the… 

Brenda Cardenas

Brenda Cárdenas on “Words for a Lifetime”

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I could never name just a few books that have changed my life. Reading in general has made that difference, as I come from a working class family that includes many immigrants. My paternal grandparents… 

Live Art @ the 2015 Festival

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New to the Festival of Books this year! Come watch “live art” being made by local artists Trevor Huskey and Arthur Mohagen! Saturday, November 7, from 9 am to 3 pm Trevor Huskey creates intricate… 

Kathie Giorgio

Kathie Giorgio on “Words for a Lifetime”

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When I was 18 years old, the author Ray Bradbury wrote to me. I’d told him that I wanted to be a writer more than anything else in the world, and while I was already… 

Clothesline Project

Clothesline Project @ 2015 Festival of Books

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A backdrop of t-shirts featuring brave statements about violence against women sets the stage for novelist Kathie Giorgio and poet Sarah Xerta to raise their voices into the mix, adding lyricism and story-telling to create… 

Forrest Aguirre

Forrest Aguirre on “Words for a Lifetime”

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As a child, I learned the small words first – the ones that were easiest to enunciate and that encompassed my life experience: Mama, Papa, food. As I grew, so did the words and the…