hecho en tejas: palabras del barrio

tammy gomez writes:

HECHO EN TEJAS: Palabras del Barrio
Fort Worth celebration -
Friday, April 13th
Rose Marine Theater
1440 N. Main St.(5 min. N of downtown)
7:30pm - free & open to all!

Readings, performances, eats & drinks!
Video screening of video-poem
"DreaMachine Lullaby" by
Tonantzin Canestaro-Garcia.
Live music by FW's Tony Diaz
of Goodwin. Live music by
Austin's David Garza.

Beer & booksigning! Meet the authors!

Dagoberto Gilb - published in Harper's Mag, TX Monthly, author of WOODCUTS OF WOMEN and other story collections.

Macarena Hernandez - former editorial columnista, Dallas Morning News, now working on big investigative project with that daily.

Tonantzin Canestaro-Garcia - performance poet and vocalist. last visited FW at the BYOB (Blast Your Own Breath) at the Ridglea Theater.

Jose Angel Gutierrez - professor of political science at UTA, founder of La Raza Unida political party, prolific essayist, author of Chicano Manuel on How to Handle Gringos (Houston: Arte Publico Press, 2003).

Christine Granados - Her collection of short stories, Brides and Sinners in El Chuco was published by University of Arizona Press in 2006. She is the winner of the 2006 Alfredo Cisneros del Moral Foundation Award, a grant given by Sandra Cisneros to further the aspirations of new writers.