BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20220903T203000Z DTEND:20220903T233000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Sonoma County Library Presents: In-person Author Talk and Writing Workshop with Reyna Grande DESCRIPTION:An immigrant herself\, Reyna Grande is the author of the memoirs "The Distance Between Us" and "A Dream Called Home\," and the novels "Across a Hundred Mountains\," "Dancing With Butterflies" and "A Ballad of Love and Glory."\n\n\nGrande said\, "Have you been wanting to write about your immigrant experiences? Then this is the workshop for you! Through in-class writing activities\, group readings\, and a discussion on craft\, you will get a chance to write the stories you need to tell. Come prepared to write\, share and celebrate!"\n The author talk events are made possible thanks to a California Humanities Grant.\n\n\n\nAbout the Author: Writing about immigration\, family separation\, language trauma\, the price of the American Dream\, and her writing journey\, Reyna's work has appeared in The New York Times\, the Dallas Morning News\, CNN\, The Lily at The Washington Post\, Buzzfeed\, among others. In March 2020\, she was a guest on Oprah's Book Club television special. \n\n\n\nThis presentation will kick off a call for submissions of immigrant's stories of coming to the U.S. for an anthology called "Arrivals and Departures". For more information on how to participate in the anthology\, email: jayala@sonomalibrary.org\n\n \n\nThe California Humanities Library Innovation Lab in partnership with the Sonoma County Library Adult Literacy Program are also creating an anthology entitled "Arrivals and Departures." This collection will feature stories of immigrants throughout Sonoma County and highlight their experience in their own words. \n\n \n\nShare your story about leaving your home country and seeking your future in the United States. Submissions are accepted in written and oral form and are due by September 30. Visit sonomalibrary.org/arrivals-departures to learn more. \n\n\n\nThe views expressed by presenters are their own and their appearance in a program does not imply an endorsement of them or any entity they represent. Reference to any specific product or entity does not constitute an endorsement or recommendation by the Sonoma County Library. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
\nAn immigrant herself\, Reyna Grande is the author of the memoirs &ldquo\;The Distance Between Us&rdquo\; and &ldquo\;A Dream Called Home\,&rdquo\; and the novels &ldquo\;Across a Hundred Mountains\,&rdquo\; &ldquo\;Dancing With Butterflies&rdquo\; and &ldquo\;A Ballad of Love and Glory.&rdquo\;\n


\nGrande said\, &ldquo\;Have you been wanting to write about your immigrant experiences? Then this is the workshop for you! Through in-class writing activities\, group readings\, and a discussion on craft\, you will get a chance to write the stories you need to tell. Come prepared to write\, share and celebrate!&rdquo\;

\n The author talk events are made possible thanks to a California Humanities Grant.
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\nAbout the Author: \;Writing about immigration\, family separation\, language trauma\, the price of the American Dream\, and her writing journey\, Reyna&rsquo\;s work has appeared in The New York Times\, the Dallas Morning News\, CNN\, The Lily at The Washington Post\, Buzzfeed\, among others. In March 2020\, she was a guest on \;Oprah&rsquo\;s Book Club \;television special. \;
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\nThis presentation will kick off a call for submissions of immigrant&rsquo\;s stories of coming to the U.S. for an anthology called &ldquo\;Arrivals and Departures&rdquo\;. For more information on how to participate in the anthology\, email: \;jayala@sonomalibrary.org
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\nThe California Humanities Library Innovation Lab in partnership with the Sonoma County Library Adult Literacy Program are also creating an anthology entitled &ldquo\;Arrivals and Departures.&rdquo\; This collection will feature stories of immigrants throughout Sonoma County and highlight their experience in their own words.
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\nShare your story about leaving your home country and seeking your future in the United States. Submissions are accepted in written and oral form and are due by September 30. Visit sonomalibrary.org/arrivals-departures to learn more. \;
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\nThe views expressed by presenters are their own and their appearance in a program does not imply an endorsement of them or any entity they represent. Reference to any specific product or entity does not constitute an endorsement or recommendation by the Sonoma County Library. LOCATION:Central Santa Rosa Library Forum Room 211 E Street Santa Rosa\, CA 95404 UID:e.3189.5050695 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260526T145357Z URL:https://business.sebastopol.org/events/details/sonoma-county-library-presents-in-person-author-talk-and-writing-workshop-with-reyna-grande-5050695 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR