Alma García is the winner of the 2007 Narrative Prize, the 2007 Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers’ Award, and the Dana Award in Short Fiction for 2004. She holds an MFA from the University of Arizona. A former journalist and occasional teacher, García grew up in West Texas and has lived most of her life in New Mexico. She lives with her husband in Seattle.
Putsata Reang: Resisting Erasure through Storytelling
Putsata Reang discusses the dangers of dwelling on differences and encourages audiences to share their personal stories as an antidote to erasure.
Tuesday, December 3, 7:00pm
7pm in person, on Facebook, or YouTube. Free.
Jack Straw Cultural Center
Shin Yu Pai: Ten Thousand Things: Artifacts of Asian American Life
In this talk enriched by audio clips, Pai shares intimate stories from Asian American communities drawn from two seasons of her chart-topping podcast.
Tuesday, December 17, 7:00pm
7pm in person, on Facebook, or YouTube. Free.
Jack Straw Cultural Center
An anthology and reading from Jack Straw Cultural Center and Raven Chronicles celebrating the first twenty years of the Jack Straw Writers Program, 1997-2016
