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DESCRIPTION:Hosted by Nina Serrano\n\n$12 advance tickets at 800-838-3006 \nor: La 
 Pena, Pegasus Books (3 locations), Walden Pond ($15 door)  Benefits KPFA & 
 La Pena.\n\nOscar Hijuelos, the first Latino winner of the Pulitzer Prize 
 for Fiction (for his bestselling novel, The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love) 
 has also written: \nOur House in the Last World (1983)\nThe Fourteen 
 Sisters of Emilio Montez O'Brien (1993)\nMr. Ives' Christmas 
 (1995)\nEmpress of the Splendid Season  (1999)\nA Simple Habana Melody 
 (from when the world was good)  (2002)\nDark Dude (2008)\nBeautiful Maria 
 of my Soul (2010)\n\nAfter growing up in New York City as the son of Cuban 
 immigrants in a Spanish-speaking home in a rough neighborhood, Hijuelos 
 often explores in his work what it means to be an immigrant in America. He 
 works with the universal themes of love, family, identity and music. His 
 novel The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love was made into a popular film 
 starring Antonio Banderas and Armand Assante. His first novel, Our House in 
 the Last World, had already won several awards including the Rome Prize by 
 the American Academy of Arts & Letters, a fellowship from the National 
 Endowment for the Arts, and an Ingram-Merrill fellowship. In September of 
 2000 Hijuelos was honored at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. as part 
 of the National Hispanic Heritage Awards. His books have already been 
 translated into 25 languages. Currently he teaches at Duke University. 
 \n\nNina Serrano is an award-winning poet, storyteller, writer and 
 independent media producer. The author of Heartsongs: The Collected Poems 
 of Nina Serrano (1980) and Pass it on!: How to start your own senior 
 storytelling program in the schools, she served as an Alameda County Arts 
 Commissioner and is a former director of San Francisco's Poetry in the 
 Schools program. A longtime producer for KPFA Radio, she currently hosts 
 LaRaza Chronicles and Open Book.\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/05/12/18679549.php
SUMMARY:Oscar Hijuelos: Thoughts Without Cigarettes, A Memoir
LOCATION:La Pena Cultural Center\n3105 Shattuck Avenue\nBerkeley, CA 
 94705\n510-849-2568\nhttp://www.lapena.org
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/05/12/18679549.php
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