Catalog Home Items in Cart (0) Login

Benjamin Saenz Reads for Library Fundraiser January 13, 2010 --Poets & Writers Magazine Poet and novelist Benjamin Alire Sáenz will be the guest speaker for the Friends of the El Paso Downtown Public Library at the Downtown Library, 501 N. Oregon. Ben will be reading from his latest YA novel Last Night I Sang to the Monster, a book which is receiving starred reviews and is being considered for prestigious national awards. Poets and Writers Magazine recently named Sáenz one of the 50 Most Inspiring Writers of Our Time. He teaches at the University of Texas at El Paso. He has received the Wallace Stegner Fellowship, the Lannan Fellowship and an American Book Award. Still, with all this fanfare, he calls himself a fronterizo, a person of the border. The Border region is his home, the place where his imagination is rooted. The Friends have assembled some really cool door prizes. In addition to autographed books and baskets of teen novels, the Friends are sponsoring a prize to the teacher or librarian who has the most students in attendance—Ben will make a special visit to your classroom or library to talk to your students. There will be attendance forms for students receiving extra credit for coming to hear Ben’s reading. His performance is sponsored by the Friends of the Downtown Public Library and by Cinco Puntos Press. Click here for more information about this event.

books for kids | young adults | poetry | non-fiction | fiction | on sale | featured titles
submissions | about us | customer service | contact us | bilingual books
search | privacy statement | ©2001 - 2013 Cinco Puntos Press
Designed by Stanton Street 

Distributed to the trade by Consortium Book Sales and Distribution.