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DESCRIPTION:On February 17, 2011, home-grown Mission District author Benjamin Bac 
 Sierra will discuss his recently released novel, Barrio Bushido (El Leon 
 Literary Arts, 2011). Mr. Bac Sierra will be interviewed on stage by noted 
 Mission poet, Alejandro Murguia. Aztec dancers and Mission poets will open 
 the event.\n\nAudience Q and A follows the discussion. The event begins at 
 7 pm.\nSet in an un-named California barrio in the early 1990's, Barrio 
 Bushido narrates the story and fate of three adolescent Latinos-Lobo, Toro, 
 and Santo-"homeboys" who join forces to rob organized crime gangsters. 
 \n\nBiography\nThe son of Guatemalan immigrants, Benjamin Bac Sierra was 
 born and raised in San Francisco's Mission District. Living the brutal 
 "homeboy" lifestyle, at seventeen he joined the United States Marine Corps 
 and participated in front line combat during the first Gulf War. After his 
 honorable discharge, he completed his Bachelor's degree at U.C. Berkeley, a 
 Masters in Creative Writing from San Francisco State University, and a 
 Juris Doctor degree from the University of California, Hastings College of 
 the Law. Currently, he is a professor at City College of San Francisco. 
 Barrio Bushido is his published first novel.\n\nPraise for Barrio 
 Bushido\n"I read BARRIO BUSHIDO in short doses, braving the pain and 
 suffering and violent life of its young characters and their/our world. 
 Suspense pulled me onward; I had to know how crimes, wars, hopes come out, 
 but more importantly--Will the author be able to pull off a novel with 
 meaning, or will this be another nihilistic thriller? On the level of world 
 politics, is there homecoming for the Iraqi war vet? Benjamin Bac Sierra 
 has taken upon himself the labor of Dostoevsky writing CRIME AND 
 PUNISHMENT. Is there redemption for those who've lost God's love? The 
 reader feels the joy of murderous combat, and the heartbreak of 
 compassion."\n-Maxine Hong Kingston, author of The Woman Warrior\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/02/08/18671551.php
SUMMARY:Book Discussion and Signing w/ author Benjamin Bac Sierra
LOCATION:Mission Cultural Center Theater\n2868 Mission Street\nSan Francisco, CA 
 94110\n415-821-1155\nhttp://missionculturalcenter.org
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/02/08/18671551.php
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