Vincent Toro at Fiesta Trails

The following message is from Jim Brandenburg:

Vincent Toro is our featured poet for Wednesday, July 2, at the Fiesta Trails Barnes and Noble. The feedback session will be a 6 PM with Peter Holland and Tom E. Open mike will follow at 7 PM, and Vincent will go on at 8 PM.

Vincent Toro is a Puerto Rican poet, playwright, performer, and music producer from New York. Currently Theater Arts Director at the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center, he is also a teaching artist who has worked with Gemini Ink, Teacher and Writers Collaborative, Dreamyard, Cooper Union for the Advancement of Arts and Sciences, and The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation.

Mr. Toro was a finalist for the 2008 Artist Foundation Award, an Honorable Mention for the Allen Ginsberg Poetry Prize, winner of Global Rhythm Magazine's 2003 Unsigned Artist Competition, and 2001 associate artist at the Atlantic Center for the Arts in Florida. Toro has recently become a member of the Macondo Foundation Writers Group. His plays have been staged at INTAR, The Point CDC, the 2005 Songs from Coconut Hill Festival of Latino Playwrights, and the 2005 Urban Pop Theater Festival. Mr. Toro has been published in Coloring Book: An Anthology of Multicultural Poems and Stories , Word is Bond, Rattapallax' Shortfuse, The Paterson Literary Review, Vallum, and Bordersenses.

Come out for a great evening of poetry,
Jim Brandenburg and Josie Mixon

Society Updates

One reminder and one "Good News to Share" items to report:

Screenwriters Meeting
TONIGHT Wednesday, June 25
7 p.m.
Barnes and Noble--San Pedro Crossing

Meet with Mr. Nogales, who is looking for screenwriters to write positive Hispanic-based scripts for television! Mr. Nogales is traveling from Los Angeles for this meeting.

Also, meet Ruben Soto, President Emeritus of the Society of Latino and Hispanic Writers of San Antonio--coming in from Miami for this important meeting.

Good News to Share:
SLHW Vice President Lupe Gonzalez's book, TOO LATE FOR ROMANCE?, is coming out in print on June 27, 2008.

Lupe will be our guest author for our July meeting where we will also be celebrating our 4th Anniversary!

Blurb:
Too Late For Romance?
ROSES BLOOM:
Gloria Amaya wants her rose garden to flourish. She hires a gardener to help her. When she meets Matt, thoughts of her dying rose bushes wilt to the ground. Immediately attracted to him, she kisses him and melts.

LOVE BLOSSOMS:
Matt Cerda knows everything about gardens as he has been working with plants, flowers and other green living things since he was a little boy. However, when he meets Gloria, he realizes that hers is one garden that needs more than a little tender loving care. And the lady could use it, too.

Matters are complicated when her sons and his daughters get in an uproar with Matt and Gloria in the middle of it. Health issues, job insecurities and phobias cause more difficulties for the couple. Can Gloria and Matt weed through all this baggage and allow their love to blossom?

You can order it at the publisher's website: www.thewildrosepress.com

It's also at the Barnes and Noble website: www.bn.com

It'll be at Amazon. www.amazon.com

I look forward to seeing everyone tonight!

Keep Writing,
Vince

Searching for Lost Poets

Fellow Writer, Dos Gatos Press is seeking our assistance in making contact with some poets. Please read Scott's email below:

Dear Poets,

We need your help, please. We are starting to place poems into the document that will eventually become the "best of the first decade of the Texas Poetry Calendar" anthology, but I have no contact information for several of the poets who we'd possibly like to include (don't worry if you haven't been contacted about your own poems--we haven't made any firm decisions yet because we're still testing space and haven't determined how many poems we can include!). We would like to at least give these poets a chance, however, so if anyone knows any of these poets, would you please let them know that we'd like to reach them ASAP? Sorry for the number of names, but it's considerably fewer than it was a few months ago! Most of the poets below I've tried through email (which bounce back, indicating a problem with the email address), and I've also tried through good old snail mail (I have a stack of returned envelopes sitting next to me). Some I simply have had no contact information to even try. So, again, if you'd be so kind to ask any poet you know from this list to contact me at editors@dosgatospress.org --especially the poets residing in Texas--, I'd greatly appreciate it!

NAME/LAST CITY OF RESIDENCE

Barenblat, Rachel/Williamstown, PA
Bochan, Toby/Austin
Book, Lana/Kerrville
Boudreaux, Katarina/North Richland Hills
Bowman, Celeste/Houston
Bruster, Bernadette/Carthage
Burlingame, Robert/Salt Flat


Carmichael, Shirley/Buffalo
Chapman, Lois V./Brownwood
Cole, Suzanne/Houston

Delaney, Pauline/Houston
DeLotto, Jeffrey/Ft. Worth

Farran, Walt/Los Angeles, CA
Fogo, Peter/Houston?
Follett, C.B./Sausalito, CA
Furnish, Shearle/Amarillo

Handley, Shirley/Harlingen
Hardy, Joyce Pounds/Houston
Hill, Shirley/Ft. Worth
Hoge, Bradley Earl/Spring
Hottel, G.A./Santa Rosa, CA

Keyes, Claire/Marblehead, MA
Kopel, Stephen/San Francisco, CA
Krenek, Rachel/Houston

Lane, Annie/Fredericksburg (aka Martha Lane)
Langford, William/Henderson
Lanham, Sam/Fredericksburg
LaSalle, Peter/Austin

Mancini, Jay/Bronx, NY
Marianiello, Vincent/Becida, MN
Mehra, Nishta/Houston
Meier, Joyce/Dallas
Mohring, Ron/Lewisburg, PA
Moon, Karen/San Antonio
Moore, Katrinka/New York, NY

Nelms, Sheryl, L./Azle
Newton, Violette/Beaumont
Novikoff, Carie/Cibolo

Patterson, Leslie/Ft. Collins, CO
Peterson, Karen/Oak Park, IL
Phillips, Louis/New York, NY
Poidevin, Karen/Fredericksburg
Porter, Stephen R./Dallas
Potter, Mary Reynolds/San Antonio

Rose, Dorothy/Westlake Vilage, CA
Roth, Jane Butkin/Bellaire

Saxon, Cynthia/Houston
Schill, Kay/Houston
Schultz, Lee/Nacogdoches
Seifert, Joan/San Antonio
Shelton, James/Kerrville
Shurgin, Ann/Waller
Slyker, Betsy/???
Smelcer, John/Corpus Christi
Smith Joan Jobe/Long Beach, CA
Stevens, Kathryn/Austin
Stewart, Penny/Kerrville
Swanzy, Bernandine/Fredericksburg
Swanzy, Jack/Fredericksburg

Talal, Marilynn/San Antonio
Terrazas, Elizabeth/San Franciso, CA
Terris, Susan/San Francisco, CA
Thompson, David J./Warren, MI
Thompson, Mel/San Francisco, CA
Tillinghast, David/Clemson, SC
Tomlinson, Rawdon E./Denver, CO

Umbach, Sandee Gertz/Pittsburgh, PA
Uschuk, Pamela/Winston-Salem, NC

Van Gunten, Dia/???

Warren, Nancy/Oakland, CA
Wier, Cynthia/Houston
Woller, June Kirkham/San Antonio
Woods, Christopher/Houston

Below are poets that are deceased, but if anyone knows who is in charge of their estates (i.e., who could grant permission to republish their poems), I'd love a contact:
Bowers, Susanne/Houston
Cody, Jim/Lubbock

Thank you so much for taking the time to go through this long list. The anthology will be worth it! (Had I only known how difficult it would be to track down the Flying Cow poets from the early years . . . .)

Sincerely,

Scott Wiggerman
Dos Gatos Press
1310 Crestwood Road
Austin, Texas 78722
editors@dosgatospress.org
www.dosgatospress.org

Important Screenwriters Meeting Wednesday

The Society of Latino and Hispanic Writers of San Antonio is hosting Alex Nogales, President and CEO of The National Hispanic Media Coalition, based in Pasadena, CA., regarding an excellent opportunity for screenwriters to have their work reviewed by network executives.

Mr. Nogales' is traveling from California to look for writers who can write at least one half-hour comedy or one-hour dramatic television script in English within a five-week period to participate in the Fall 2008 Latino Television Writers Program.

The National Hispanic Media Coalition's goal for this program is to have more programming on television featuring Hispanics.

If selected, and only a handful are, you will be required to travel and stay in Los Angeles from Nov. 8 to Dec. 13. A stipend of $250 per week will be given to each participant. Flight, housing and meals will be provided. Writers whose scripts show promise will be interviewed and mentored by network executives from NBC and ABC with the idea of placing them on a show.NHMC reports nine (9) writers from previous sessions have already been placed.

There is a formal application to fill out, along with writing samples to submit. The deadline to submit is Sept. 2 and the selections will be announced Oct. 16.

For more information on this wonderful opportunity, please attend this special Society meeting on Wednesday, June 25 at 7 p.m. at the Barnes and Noble, San Pedro Crossing. Please help me in spreading the word to all aspiring screen writers.For more information, post a comment on this blog or call me at (210) 845-4582.

art pARTy

The following message is from Vincent Toro, theater arts director at the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center:

GCAC'S TEEN ARTS PUENTES PROJECT (TAPP) WILL BE
HOSTING THEIR FIRST ANNUAL 'ART PARTY'
Putting the Art in Party...

"art pARTy"
Hosted by the Teen Arts Puentes Project
June 27 at 7 PM
Guadalupe Theater,
1301 Guadalupe Street
Admission is $5

The Teen Arts Puentes Project is a year-long program that focuses on art activisim and youth development for San Antonio teenagers. The program's mission is to use the arts in positive ways which in turn, helps San Antonio teens become more active and socially aware citizens. On Friday, June 27, 2008 TAPP teens will be showcasing all of their work during their first annual "art pARTy." The event will be full of poetry and theater performances and short film screenings. There will also be a wall of poetry, where many of the teens' original work will be displayed, as well as blank space reserved for anybody who feels like writing their own inspirational poetry. Visual art and music will set the pARTy's mood to a lively and exhilirating atmosphere.
The performers will also be doing improv sketches and interactive theater games which means the live audience will have to be involved. There will be food and prizes all night long for everyone to enjoy.
This extraordinary event is necessary for the community's intellectual growth and has been designed to inspire.This is a party for the city of San Antonio and we intend to make this an enlightening experience for all of our guests. Please be part of this awesome opportunity for the community to come together and support San Antonio 's youth.

The Teen Arts Puentes Project will be presenting their summer theatrical production July 25, 26, and 27.

For more information about The Teen Arts Puentes Project and the "art pARTy" visit www.myspace.com/teenartspuentesproject or www.guadalupeculturalarts.org
Or contact Vincent Toro, Theater Arts Director, GCAC at (210) 271-3151 ext. 26,
or via email at vincentt@guadalupeculturalarts.org.


Vincent Toro
Theater Arts Director
Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center
1300 Guadalupe Street
(210) 271-3151 ext. 26
vincentt@guadalupeculturalarts.org
http://www.guadalupeculturalarts.org

Poetry Event Tonight

Notice from Jim and Josie (slightly modified by me):


Our guest poet for today, Wednesday, June 18 at Barnes and Noble Fiesta Trails is Grisel. The event is from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Grisel is an English Department doctoral student at UTSA who is funded by the Hispanic Leaders in Agriculture and the Environment. This year she was a featured speaker at the Geraldine Dodge Foundation's East Brunswick Poetry Festival in New Jersey , and her work was published in the American Cuban issue of MiPoesias and the Latino/a issue of Pembroke Literary Magazine. Her doctoral research on environments in Caribbean Latino texts has been presented at multiple conferences in 2008 and she also teaches poetry through Gemini Ink, at the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center and at UTSA as a creative writing instructor. She is very happy to have met Josie Mixon and to be part of this event.

Hope to see you there,
Jim Brandenburg and Josie Mixon

Ghost: Confessions of a Counterterrorism Agent

Here is an expanded version of my book review on "Ghost: Confessions of a Counterterrorism Agent" which appears in today's San Antonio Express-News:


Twenty years ago, the idea of defending the United States against terrorism was relatively new. So new, in fact, that only a three-man Diplomatic Security Service (DSS) team situated in a windowless, smoke-filled office in the basement of the Harry S. Truman Building in our nation’s capital was responsible for keeping tabs on the most violent religious extremists in the world.

Fred Burton, a key figure in international counterterrorism and one of the original three agents, has taken off his Barbour Beaufort spy jacket to give a deeply personal account of the terroristic threats and acts America faced during his years as a DSS agent in “GHOST: Confessions of a Counterterrorism Agent.”

Burton, currently vice president for counterterrorism at Stratfor, a private intelligence company, recounts riveting, real world cases of espionage that detail how the U.S. tracked Libya-linked master terrorist Abu Nidal; captured Ramzi Yousef, architect of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing; and pursued the assassins of major political figures including Yitzhak Rabin, Meir Kahane, and General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, the president of Pakistan.

“Ghost” is a fascinating read, written in a solemn, heartfelt tone that conveys the angst and strife Burton felt as he tried to rid “The Dark World” of terrorists, while bringing home American hostages safely.

“I carry a list of names with me at all times. It is written in the black ink of a fountain pen in a hardback black Italian moleskin journal, and it travels with me in my weathered Ghurka shoulder bag or, when I’m on the road, in my small Zero Halliburton aluminum case, right next to my Smith & Wesson Model 637 five shot revolver…Each name on my list has eluded pursuit and is still out there…Most of the names have long been forgotten by the public, but not by me.”

In a telephone interview during a nationwide book tour in Washington, D.C., Burton provides additional insight into his years with the DSS, and his thoughts on the Texas border serving as a portal for terrorists entering the U.S.

Q. Given your former job and current occupation, isn’t it dangerous to come out with a book and tour that exposes you to people who still reside in “The Dark World?”
A. Having been in this business for as many years as I have, going back to my days as a police officer as well as a special agent, it comes with the territory. I would venture to guess that street cops in San Antonio, and the border agents in Texas, are at more risk than I am. I have no fears of retribution, but I still take safety measures.

Q. How is “The Dark World” doing?
A. It’s getting harder for them. The U.S. government has a much more robust capability to analyze threats and to make sense of the puzzle than we ever did. There are now thousands of analysts and thousands of agents assigned to this issue around globe, so they have a much better capability to oversee things. The technology has greatly increased from the days when I first started with 3x5 index cards, so their ability to connect the dots is much better.

Q. How effective is al-Qaida today?
A. al-Qaida is under a tremendous amount of pressure. The Federal Government has done a very good job of hunting down, capturing and killing high valued targets as evident with the recent military tribunal of Khalid Sheilkh Mohammed, the alleged mastermind of the 9/11 attacks.
The real concern from a domestic terror prospective is the “Lone Wolf Threat.” When you start game-boarding possible scenarios, one of the most worrisome is the individual who is inspired by al-Qaida and doesn’t tell anybody what he’s doing. Therefore, you don’t have the capability to have an informant close to him to report on his actions.

Q. How does religion reach the level of violent extremism in other countries?
A. We have extremists in all walks of religion. When you start looking at Islamic fundamentalists, you have individuals who are co-opted, trained and indoctrinated at an age where they’re easily influenced.
With regards to al-Qaida, they look for individuals who can be taken aside, used and manipulated. The Holy Grail for an organization like al-Qaida is to find individuals like Ramzi Yousef, who I was involved with in the first World Trade Center bombing, or a Mohammed Alta—individuals who have the intellect to become tactical commanders.

Q. How close was the world on the brink of nuclear war after the assassination of President Zia of Pakistan?
A. When that plane crashed, you had a country that was without a government. You had a country that had always been engaged in intelligence and covert operations and wars and rumors of wars with India. Literally, you had the world on fire there for a while and you had a very tenuous situation that wouldn’t have taken much to push either country over the edge. Fortunately, calmer minds prevailed and, with some diplomatic pressure, we were able to buy time which was exactly what we needed to help diffuse the situation.

Q. Governor Rick Perry has appointed you to the Texas Border Security Council. Are there any indications that terrorists are coming into the U.S. via Mexican smuggling routes?
A. We have evidence of terrorist operatives coming into the United States (via the Texas/Mexico border)…we have picked up terrorists that are on the No-Fly List, the Most Wanted List, and the Terrorist Lookout List. It’s a real issue…and it’s affecting our entire Homeland Security Program.

Q. If you could remove only one name from your list, which would it be?
A. Remember, this is my list and my reasons are personal. If I could only remove one name from my list, it would be Hasan Izz-al-Din, who is still operating in Lebanon. Among the many terrorism acts he’s been associated with, he was involved in the death of CIA Beirut Station Chief Bill Buckley, and the TWA Flight 847 hijacking and death of U.S. Navy Diver Robert Stethem.

Screenwriters: Read This Blog Note!

The Society of Latino and Hispanic Writers of San Antonio is hosting Alex Nogales, President and CEO of The National Hispanic Media Coalition, based in Pasadena, CA., regarding an excellent opportunity for screenwriters to have their work reviewed by network executives.

Mr. Nogales' is traveling from California to look for writers who can write at least one half-hour comedy or one-hour dramatic television script in English within a five-week period to participate in the Fall 2008 Latino Television Writers Program.

The National Hispanic Media Coalition's goal for this program is to have more programming on television featuring Hispanics.

If selected, and only a handful are, you will be required to travel and stay in Los Angeles from Nov. 8 to Dec. 13. A stipend of $250 per week will be given to each participant. Flight, housing and meals will be provided. Writers whose scripts show promise will be interviewed and mentored by network executives from NBC and ABC with the idea of placing them on a show.

NHMC reports nine (9) writers from previous sessions have already been placed.

There is a formal application to fill out, along with writing samples to submit. The deadline to submit is Sept. 2 and the selections will be announced Oct. 16.

For more information on this wonderful opportunity, please attend this special Society meeting on Wednesday, June 25 at 7 p.m. at the Barnes and Noble, San Pedro Crossing. Please help me in spreading the word to all aspiring screen writers.

For more information, post a comment on this blog or call me at (210) 845-4582.

Scene in SA Editor Wins Lone Star Award

Press Release from Scene in SA:

Scene in SA Editor-at-Large Cynthia Leal Massey, (she was also the first Honorary Chairman for the Society of Latino and Hispanic Writers of San Antonio), won the first-place Lone Star Award for magazine journalism from the Houston Press Club, June 6, for her article, “Is UT Holding Our History Hostage.”

The article, which appeared in the July 2007 issue of Scene in SA Monthly, was about the battle for the Bexar Archives between the Bexar County Clerk's office in San Antonio and the University of Texas at Austin's Center for American History. UT has had the archives in its possession for more than 100 years.

“In her exhaustive look at the unique battle over the Bexar Archives, writer Cynthia Leal Massey manages to make history come alive, filled with dark plots and do-gooders of yesteryear, and allusion to cattle rustling and murder and more,” according to a competition judge.

The article was also a finalist in April for the O. Henry Award for Best Work of Magazine Journalism from the Texas Institute of Letters.

Massey joined the magazine staff in 2004. She is the author of Helotes, Where the Texas Hill Country Began, published in February.

Scene in SA is published monthly by Scene Monthly LLC. It is available at local HEB stores, Walgreens and Wal-Marts.

Congratulations, Cynthia! Your friends at the Society are proud of your accomplishment!

Tonight's Meeting & Save the Date Announcement

Just a reminder that tonight's meeting will feature retired Trinity professor and historical author Florence Weinberg!

The topic of her presentation will be:

"The Gold Mine of Sowthwest History: Researching the Historical Novel."

The meeting is tonight, at the Barnes and Noble, San Pedro Crossing, and it begins at 7:30 p.m.

SAVE THE DATE!

SLHW Founder and President Emeritus Ruben Soto will be coming to San Antonio June 25 to join me in a special Society meeting!

Ruben and I will be hosting Mr. Alex Nogales, President and CEO of The National Hispanic Media Coalition, based in Pasadena, CA. Mr. Nogales' is traveling from California to look for writers who can write at least one half-hour comedy or one-hour dramatic television script in English within a five-week period to participate in the Fall 2008 Latino Television Writers Program.

If selected, and only a handful are, you will be required to travel and stay in Los Angeles from Nov. 8 to Dec. 13. A stipend of $250 per week will be given to each participant. Flight, housing and meals will be provided. Writers whose scripts show promise will be interviewed and mentored by network executives from NBC and ABC with the idea of placing them on a show.

NHMC reports nine (9) writers from previous sessions have already been placed.

There is a formal application to fill out, along with writing samples to submit. The deadline to submit is Sept. 2 and the selections will be announced Oct. 16.

For more information on this wonderful opportunity, please attend this special Society meeting on Wednesday, June 25 at 7 p.m. at the Barnes and Noble, San Pedro Crossing. Please help me in spreading the word to all aspiring screen writers.

Las Comadres Book Club

THE HANDBOOK TO LUCK by Cristina Garcia is the book selected
for the San Antonio Las Comadres Book Club launch, set for June 26 at the Borders bookstore on Basse Road at 7PM. While RSVP is not required, they would like to know if you plan to attend. contact Martha Curcio martysofe@yahoo.com

The address is:Borders - Basse255 E. Basse Road, Ste. 350San Antonio, TX 78209210.828.9496

From Las Comadres:

We are thrilled to finally be starting these book clubsall over the country. The books have been ordered and should be in the stores shortly. If the books have not been ordered, kindly ask for them to be ordered ASAP.

We are trying to build the relationship wtih our partner,Borders, so meet the manager and say thank you!Feel free to invite non-latinas/os to join us. This is a Las Comadres and Friends experience. We are working to expand the audience for our Latina/o authors!!!

***You do NOT need to have read the book beforehand to attend but we will be discussing the book

Agents/Editors Conference

The following notice is submitted by Society member Mary Lou Barrera:

Folks:
I came across this item in the writer's market e-zine. This is a conference for anyone looking for literary agents or editors, to be held in Austin on June 20-22, 2008...later...mlb.

http://www.writersleague.org/events/2008-agent-conf.html

Marcela Landres Video Interview

Fellow Writers, the following message was sent to me by Marcela Landres, a strong supporter of the Society of Latino and Hispanic Writers of San Antonio:

Hi--The Publishing Lab at Columbia College in Chicago created a short video interview of me giving advice on how to get published. If you haven't had a chance to attend one of my workshops, the video will give you a taste of what they're like. You can check it out by visiting:

http://www.colum. edu/Academics/ Fiction_Writing/ Publishing_ Lab/Movie_ Clips.php

OLLU Benefit

Sunday, June 8, 2:00- 4:30

The Southwest School of Art & Craft hosts a reading/literary event in Our Lady of the Lake University's beautiful CHAPEL.

This event will benefit
The English Department at OLLU.

Approximately 35 poets, writers, and presenters will speak or read, including Sandra Cisneros, John Phillip Santos, Cary Clack, Jackie Claunch (President of Northwest Vista College), and Dr. Tessa Pollack (President of Our Lady of the Lake) who will offer closing remarks before the benediction.

Many poets and writers from campuses including St. Mary's University, Trinity University, University of the Incarnate Word, UTSA, and San Antonio College will be presenting. Jose Ruben de Leon will sing the invocation and the benediction; Naomi Shihab Nye and Marian Haddad will emcee the event.

There will not be a fee charged at the door though love offerings and donations are appreciated and will be accepted at the door. Those who desire to donate but who are unable to attend, please feel free to send your donations via check to Mary Francine Danis, Dean of Arts and Sciences, Our Lady of the Lake University, 411 SW 24th Street, San Antonio, Texas, 78207-4689. Whatever you are able, all donations, large and small, will be appreciated and put to excellent and necessary use. Checks should be made to OLLU English Department. Please join us as we rally around our neighbors, colleagues and friends from the Our Lady of the Lake community.

Here follows the list of readers/presenters who will each present a short poem or excerpt of prose, whether their own work or the work of another poet/writer. Though this list is presented here in alphabetical order, the readers will not appear in alphabetical order. Again, the event will begin with a sung invocation and benediction by Jose Ruben de Leon. Please join us.

: Assef Al-Jundi
Wendy Barker
Gregg Barrios
Yvette Benavides
Robert Bonazzi
John D. Brantley
Jenny Browne
Jesse Cardona
Sandra Cisneros
Cary Clack
Jackie Claunch
Nan Cuba
Marian Haddad
H. Palmer Hall
John Hammond
Rudy Harst
John Igo
Jim LaVilla-Havelin
Jo LeCouer
Bonnie Lyons
Ignacio Magaloni
Pablo Martinez
Bryce Milligan
Naomi Shihab Nye
Dr.Tessa Pollack
Barbara Ras
Carol Coffee Reposa
Olga Samples-Davis
Frances Santos
John Phillip Santos
CarmenTafolla
Antoinette Winstead

For questions or additional details, please contact Marian Haddad, haddadmarian@aol.com or 210.859.7750.

Kathleen Bonet at B&N Fiesta Trails

The following notice is from Josie Mixon:

I would like to invite all of you to Barnes & Noble Fiesta Trails on June 4 for a very special featured guest. Her name is Kathleen Bonet and she has self-published her first book of poetry and prose. Kathleen is 90 years old so as you can imagine she has some fabulous stories to tell. She is an inspiration for all of us and I'm sure would be delighted to have a wonderful listening audience. Kathleen is also an artist (painter) and some of her work will be on display for the reading. Besides the wonderful talents she has been blessed with Kathleen is also blind and will have someone read her work for her. Please join Jim Brandenburg and myself as we welcome Kathleen Bonet on June 4th at Barnes & Noble Fiesta Trails.