A reception will be held for Luz Marina Delgado to commemorate the publication
of her Manos de Mujer at Ruta Maya Coffee Company on Sunday, Feb. 23, at
7pm. The Guatemalan writer has traveled to Austin to help the La Ruta Maya
Conservation Foundation raise the $40,000 needed to print and distribute 10,000
copies of her instructional book to classes and seminars throughout her
war-torn homeland. The book is an informational tool intended to help the Mayan
people educate themselves on social, economic, medical, and agricultural issues.
Events
* THU, FEB 20: The Third Annual Carl and Lily Pforzheimer Foundation Lecturewill feature David S. Zeidberg of the UT’s Huntington Library speaking on
“Selling Italy’s First Books: Marketing Strategies in the 15th Century.” It’s
at 7:30pm in the Fourth floor auditorium of the Harry Ransom Humanities
Research Center at UT.
* FRI, FEB 21: The Center for Mexican-American Studies at UT will hold an
all-day symposium to honor Rolando Hinojosa-Smith. (See story on opposite
page.)
* SAT, FEB 22: Borders will host Dr. Ron Klinger and photo essayist Bill Hanson
as they discuss the essential contributions of fathers to their children at
6pm. The presentation will include images from Hanson’s upcoming book, A
Shoulder to Lean On. Austin family therapist Klinger has written The Common
Sense, No Frills, Plain English Guide to Being a Successful Dad…
Caroline
Campbell Robertson and Patty Page will autograph copies of The Austin Handbook
at Barnes & Noble, 2-4 pm. The two sisters compiled info for the book when
they owned and operated the Hill Country Welcome Service…
Blue Plate Press
will feature Austin poets from This Year’s Special, an anthology of 23 local
poets, at Asylum Books, 2906 San Gabriel, at 7pm.
* WED, FEB 26: Austin Writers for the Environment will meet at the Howson
Branch Library, 2500 Exposition, to hear a talk by Peter Altman of Sustainable
Energy and Economic Development, 6:45-8:45pm. Call 459-7851.
* THU, FEB 27: Diego Vazquez, Jr. will read from his debut novel, Growing
Through the Ugly, at Barnes & Noble, 7-8pm. Growing Through the Ugly is set
in El Paso, the story of a child-turned-soldier who grew up along the
Texas-Mexico border…
Poet Maxine Kumin will give a reading at 7:30pm in the
Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center’s fourth floor auditorium on the UT
campus. Kumin’s most recent book is Connecting the Dots; her Up Country
received the 1973 Pulitzer Prize. The event is sponsored by UT’s Texas Center
for Writers.
This article appears in February 21 • 1997 and February 21 • 1997 (Cover).