3 years ago I walked into El
Museo del Barrio to introduce the recently launched bookstore website and to
speak of possible collaboration with El Museo. Within an hour of meeting with
the Director of Education and Public Programs – we had established IN OUR LINGO. This book
club was unlike any other book club because the author would be present! It was
a great opportunity for book lovers to meet their favorite authors, and to
learn about up and coming writers. We began with one author a month, and
eventually invited 2 authors a month because we want to feature as many Latino
writers as possible. On average the meetings drew 12-20 people, an intimate
gathering with an author – it was always a monthly highlight for me.
Tomorrow we celebrate the IN OUR
LINGO’s 3 year anniversary with Esmeralda Santiago. It is truly an honor to host
her, and I invite you to join us for the last IN OUR LINGO
of the season. (http://www.elmuseo.org/en/event/our-lingo-esmeralda-santiago)
El Museo del Barrio was the first
organization that La Casa Azul Bookstore partnered with, and it had been a remarkable
collaboration. THANK YOU Gonzalo for giving La Casa Azul Bookstore the
opportunity it was looking for – here’s to many more years of partnership.
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80 people have contributed to the 40K in 40 days campaign!
Mil gracias a tod@s!
Newest Founder’s Circle members:
M. Lucero Ortiz
Rafael Morales
Janet Geddis
Danny Martinez
Sarah Garza
Veronica Lui
Francisco Aragon
Jazmon Chavez
Rosanna Tirrito
Rebecca Doherty
Jennifer Becerra
Tran Templeton
Matthew Miller
James Estrella
Magdalena Saucedo
Cly Johnson
Dionisia Garcia
Gonzalo Casals
Lixel Marroquin
Cemile Guldal
Fabiola Carrion
Jennifer Kuida
Carmen Iniguez
Jose Stevenson
Arlene Davila
Nancy Ruffin
Martin Kaplan
Dawn Reshen-Doty
Denisse Andrade
