I haven't run anything about The Nature of Words for awhile, so here's the latest press release. One thing I thought was really cool but I don't think I blogged about was that they have writer Ursula K. Le Guin(!!!) coming here in November.

Latino Experience Inspires Exploration of Real and Imagined Borders

Inspired by several guest authors who speak to the Latino experience, The Nature of Words 2008 literary festival will focus on a theme of "Borders". Whether social, political, geographical, or personal, borders both define and liberate the creativity and works of the acclaimed authors on the roster for The Nature of Words events November 5-9, 2008.

Three authors are engaged in describing or reflecting the Latino experience, both in the U.S. and beyond its borders. Luis Urrea was a 2005 Pulitzer Prize nominee for The Devil's Highway, a non-fiction account of a group of Mexican immigrants lost in the Arizona desert. His recent novel, The Hummingbird's Daughter, is the culmination of 20 years of research and writing. The historical novel tells the story of Teresa Urrea, sometimes known as The Saint of Cabora and the Mexican Joan of Arc. Born in Tijuana, Mexico to a Mexican father and an American mother, Urrea has published extensively in all the major genres.

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