Writers Unbound

If you can’t attend, you can research more about each writer and what they do. Have fun!

Lydia Gil
News writing workshop
This workshop will address the basics of cultural news reporting and book reviewing for
print and digital media. We will discuss how to find stories, identify markets, conduct
interviews, and get paid for your work.
Lydia Gil teaches Spanish and Latin American literature at the University of Denver.
She reports on cultural and literary news for the Hispanic News Services of EFE, and is
the author of Mimí’s Parranda/La parranda de Mimí, a bilingual children’s book (Arte
Público 2007).

More information on Lydia Gil and a few other writers.

Benito’s Sopaipillas / Las sopaipillas de Benito
by Ana Baca, Anthony Accardo(Illustrator), Carolina Villarroel (Spanish Translator)

ISBN: 1558853707
Price: $15.95
Published: April 30, 2007

This tantalizing bilingual picture book for children shares the magical history of a favorite treat

Everyone loves the taste of the puffed pillows of fried bread known as sopaipillas, whether they’re drizzled with honey or sprinkled with cinnamon and sugar. But most people, young Cristina included, don’t know about this Southwestern treat’s magical origins, or how it got its name.

One hot summer morning, Cristina’s abuelita promises to teach her how to make the tasty fried bread and explain how she knows that making sopaipillas will bring rain! Long ago, Cristina’s great-grandfather Benito was desperate. His crops were dying because it hadn’t rained for months. One day, exhausted and weak from working the fields, Benito watched in amazement as a scarecrow came to life and begged him to help bring rain. The worried scarecrow claimed to know how. But could a scarecrow—and pieces of dough— really bring rain to the dry and dusty fields? Could Benito really save everyone’s crops?

And so Benito—and many years later his great-granddaughter Cristina—learned about the pillows of bread known as “soup catchers” that, like clouds, catch rain drops and bring them down to earth.

Benito’s Sopaipillas / Las sopaipillas de Benito is a magical bilingual picture book for children aged 3-7 that celebrates a delicious staple of Southwestern cuisine. And for those children who want to test the magic of the sopaipillas, a recipe is included in English and Spanish.

ANA BACA, a native of Albuquerque, New Mexico, is the author of Benito’s Bizcochitos / Los bizcochitos de Benito (Piñata Books, 1999) and Chiles for Benito / Chiles para Benito (Piñata Books, 2003) .She graduated from Stanford University (B.A.) and the University of New Mexico (M.A.) with degrees in English Literature. She currently lives and works in New Mexico.

ANTHONY ACCARDO is the illustrator of numerous books for children, including Benito’s Sopaipillas / Los sopaipillas de Benito (Piñata Books, 2007), Chiles for Benito / Chiles para Benito (Piñata Books, 2003), and César Chávez: The Struggle for Justice / César Chávez: La lucha por la justicia (Piñata Books, 2002). He lives and works in Brooklyn.

http://labloga.blogspot.com/2007/03/new-bilingual-childrens-books-from.html

Reyna Grande
Novel Workshop: The Nuts and Bolts of Novel Writing
Do you have a novel inside you waiting to emerge, but the idea of writing it seems
daunting? In this workshop, you will receive tips on how to start your novel and how to
keep the momentum going until the end. You will also learn the key craft points of novel
writing (plot, structure, point-of-view, setting, character, voice, etc.). There will be an
in-class writing exercise if time allows.
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Reyna

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