CHICANO/A LITERATURE SERIES

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The Chicano/a Literature Series at UC Merced started in the fall of 2005, as a forum to bring major Chicano/a writers, scholars, and artists to UC Merced. As a Hispanic Serving Institution, UC Merced is perfectly poised to become a major cultural center for Chicanos/as and Latinos/as in the Central Valley. To that end, the Chicano/a Literature Series serves as a major catalyst for showcasing Chicano/a and Latino/a talent in an interactive setting that benefits both the UC Merced and the Merced communities.

 

Series director, Dr. Manuel M. Martín-Rodríguez, has worked with community and student organizations to coordinate efforts and share results. The following are some of the series co-sponsors and affiliated venues over the years: Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlán (MEChA) de UC Merced, School of Social Sciences, Humanities, and Arts (UC Merced), Center for Research in the Humanities and the Arts (UC Merced), Humanities Initiative (UCOP), Puente Program (Merced College), and the Multicultural Arts Center (Merced).

 

The Series has featured numerous award-winning authors, and it has received press coverage in local newspapers and UC Merced bulletins. The following listing is a summary of the series events to-date (click on any name to see the corresponding flyer):

 

                    2005

September 9: 00000Juan C. García

September 28: 0000Margarita Cota-Cárdenas

November 7: 00000Gary Soto

November 28: 0000José Montoya

December 7: 00000Ernesto Palomino

 

 

                    2006

March 20: 0000000Francisco X. Alarcón

December 5: 00000Rolando Hinojosa

 

 

 

                    2007

March 7: 00000000Daniel Chacón

March 14: 0000000Seymour Menton

April 16: 00000000Diana García

May 2: 000000000Alejandro Morales

 

 

                    2008

March 3: 00000000Carlos Morton

April 23: 00000000Dagoberto Gilb

April 23: 00000000Alex Espinoza

November 3: 00000Manuel Peña

 

 

                    2009

February 23: 00000Catherine Quittmeyer and Andre Powell (Bless Me, Ultima banned in Newman, CA)

March 30: 0000000Ron Arias

April 27: 00000000Kirsten Silva Gruesz

October 8: 000.000Cherríe Moraga

November 3: 00..00Reyna Grande

 

 

                    2011

March 15: 0000000Tino Villanueva

March 29: 0000000Barbara Brinson Curiel

April 21: 00000000Margarita Cota-Cárdenas

September 20: 00.0Lucha Corpi

November 1: 00.00Silvio Sirias

November 8: 0...00Stephanie Sauer (Copilot Press)

November 15: 0.00Phillip Serrato

 

 

                    2012

February 2: 00000Banned in Tucson, AZ

February 23: 0000Marcos Dorado

April 3: 00000000Alejandro Murguía

April 18: 0000000David Hayes-Bautista

November 13: 000Josefina López

November 13: 000Michael Luis Medrano


                    2013

January 29: 00000Melinda Palacio

February 15: 0000Jimmy Santiago Baca

 

 

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