Chuy Ramirez debuts La Jornada de Joaquin

Chuy Ramirez Debuts

La Jornada de Joaquin

(Mission, TEXAS) – La Jornada De Joaquin, by San Juan, Texas attorney and fiction writer, Chuy Ramirez, will be debuted to the Mission community at the Mission Speer Memorial Public Library on Thursday July 25^th, 2013 at 6pm.   The library is located at 801 E. 12^th Street in Mission.

The book signing will follow a presentation of excerpts Ramirez has selected to read. La Jornada De Joaquin” is a truly remarkable depiction of the 1950s and 1960s world of Mexican American farm workers, the setting for a novel which combines the coming of age for a young boy with a an intriguing mystery.

For those who are familiar with his book of short stories, Strawberry Fields, La Jornada de Joaquin drops many of the earlier vignettes and incorporates the trip to Michigan into a true novel.  A “jornada” is a journey and this journey takes place for the protagonist, Joaquin, both at a physical as well as a psychological level.

Ramirez himself grew up in the Rio Grande Valley, attended Pan American University in Edinburg, Texas and is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin School of Law. He practices law in San Juan. For reviews of the book and more information on the author, or to purchase La Jornada De Joaquin, visit www.amazon.com.

ESCRITORES de la FRONTERA

ESCRITORES de la FRONTERA

APRIL 11, 2013, THURSDAY, 3:30 – 10:00 PM

BORDER WRITERS / ESCRITORES de la FRONTERA

Literary Symposium

 3:30 – 5:15 PM   Panel Discussion + Q&A

6:15 – 6:45 PM   Casual Reception

6:45 – 9:00 PM   Short Readings (seven authors)

9:00 – 10:00 PM  Q&A + Book Signing

 

Nowhere is the world more connected, more complex, than in the borderlands. This multi-sponsor event highlights the international scene only three hours from San Marcos, Texas, and the Austin-San Antonio corridor—a landscape extremely relevant to students and these communities but often unexplored. Gathering together seven writers who can speak intimately of an area where two countries meet—geographically and culturally—creates the opportunity to highlight the complexities and contradictions of our global, interconnected world. Their stories foster understanding and appreciation for the uniqueness of South Texas, which reflects overlapping Mexican and American cultures, and for both of these cultures in their own right as well. Expected topics range from immigration to religion to economic realities, since these aspects of border life are woven into the fictional and nonfictional work of the participants. Audiences are invited to participate in these deeply important conversations. Books will be for sale during the afternoon event, the reception, and the book signing after the readings.

Texas State University will host “Border Writers / Escritores de le Frontera: A Literary Symposium” Thursday, April 11 in the Wittliff Collections on the seventh floor of the Alkek Library.

SPONSORS: This symposium is supported by a Global Odyssey Grant. Co-sponsors include both Kappa Delta Chi, a Latina sorority, and Omega Delta Phi, a multicultural fraternity, as well as Texas State’s English Department, College of Education, Modern Languages Department, College of Applied Arts, Center for the Study of the Southwest, Office of Equity and Access, History Department, College of Health Professions,  College of Liberal Arts, and Wittliff Collections.

PARTICIPANTS include authors who’ve been finalists for the National Book Award and the National Book Critics

http://www.txstate.edu/news/news_releases/news_archive/2013/March-2013/BorderWriters032613.html