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Junot Diaz

Literary sensation and Pulitzer prize winner Junot Diaz appeared at the fifth annual Edward James Olmos Houston Latino Book & Family Festival on Saturday, September 29, 2007. Díaz read…

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Poet Kay Ryan

Kay Ryan read to HCC Central students one week before been awarded the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for poetry. She is an American poet and educator who has published seven volumes of poetry and an anthology…

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“Interpretations”: Three Film Clips

Three clips demonstrating various “approaches” to interpreting works of art, with varying degrees of success. Films include _Reservoir Dogs_, _Six Degrees of Separation_, and _Chasing…

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Juan Gonzales & Joseph Torres

Tony Diaz introduces Joseph Torres and Juan Gonzales, authors of News for All the People- The Epic Story of Race and the American Media.

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Tony Diaz, Minority Male Initiative

HCC Minority Male Initiative hosted HCC Central English professor, novelist and radio talk show host Tony Diaz as part of the Men of Honor Lecture Series. Tony Diaz, author of The Aztec Love God and…

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Poet Kim Addonizio

Kim Addonizio, a poet and writer of such books as What is this Thing Called Love? has been called "one of the nation's most provocative and edgy poets" by the San Diego Union-Tribune.

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Amber Dermont

Amber Dermont, author of Damage Control and the Starboard Sea. A short-story writer who received a fellowship from the National Education Association (N.E.A.), also has appeared in several books. She…

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Daniel Valdez

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Dr. Hosam Aboul-Ela: "In the Country of Men" by Hisham Matar

Book Discussion #1: Thurs, Sept. 26th, 2 p.m. "In the Country of Men" by Hisham Matar Lecture presentation: Dr. Hosam Aboul-Ela, University of Houston Literature Professor “In…

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Dr. Roger Wood

Dr. Wood discusses how nurturing one's awareness of community history and culture can satisfy the need to feel connected.

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Abel Davila

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Angel Fraga

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Bridging Cultures: Sehba Sarwar

"Broken Verses: a Novel" by Pakistani author, Kamila Shamsie. This is a mystery set in modern day Pakistan. The lecture and discussion will be led by Sehba Sarwar, Writer and…

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"Pop's Got a Brand New Bag: Taylor Swift, Katy Perry, and the Construction of the Emotional Beef in the Teenage Market Share": Professor Brandon Hernsberger's Lecture (English/Pop Culture)

Not since the late 1980s has there been a clearer rift in the fandom of teenage girls as they pick a side in their pop music consumerism. You were either a Tiffany girl or a Debbie Gibson girl back…

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1. Salim Memon

HCC students use Digital Storytelling techniques in Professor's Jack Marshall English 1302 class research.

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2. ANh _ Huynh Planned Parenthood

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