02/10/2010 7:00 pm
Moonstone Arts Center
110A S. 13th Street, Philadelphia, 215-735-9600,www.moonstoneartscenter.org
Ligia Rave
author of Hanah's Paradise
"Like Scheherazade, the narrator of Ligia Ravé's beautifully rendered novel, HANAH'S PARADISE, has to tell stories-in this case her family's stories-in order to keep memory alive. . . . Told in wonderful, vibrant language, the tale of the Ravayah family has the magical, almost dreamlike quality of a García Márquez story, only this story has taken over a thousand years to tell and there is, as yet, no end to it." - National Book Award winner Lily Tuck
Mark Lyons
author of Espejos y Ventanas/ Mirrors and Windows: Oral Histories of Mexican Farmworkers and Their Families
The oral histories in Espejos Y Ventanas / Mirrors and Windows grew out of Mark's extensive work with Latino immigrants in Pennsylvania. It is a collection of rich and profoundly moving stories of the Mexican immigrant community of Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, whose three generations have migrated north to work in the world's largest mushroom industry.
For more info: Ligia Rave and Mark Lyons
