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After several years of attending packed readings for the journal and press, City College President Terry Burgess suggested we think big and start an International Book Fair that we hope will grow to rival the book fairs in Los Angeles and Miami. We are committed to promoting local writers and booksellers as well as reaching out to prominent national and international authors and artists, particularly our friends and neighbors in Mexico. This year's fair and future fairs will also showcase the arts and music as well as literature of all sorts.
Our primary goal is the promotion of literacy and cultural reciprocity. As we grow in the years to come, we hope that you will continue to mark your calendar each year and come to our fair. The San Diego City College International Book Fair would not be possible without the generous support of our major sponsors, the San Diego City College Foundation, the American Federation of Teachers Local 1931, and the City of San Diego Commission for Arts and Culture. We are also deeply indebted to the San Diego Booksellers Association, California Coast Credit Union, Sunbelt Publications, and KSDS Jazz 88.3. The Book Fair is put on in concert with the San Diego City College World Cultures Program.
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The San Diego City College International Book Fair is the outgrowth of over ten years of work by the Creative Writing faculty, their students, and friends in the community at large who put out the journal City Works and recently formed San Diego City Works Press.
City College is uniquely situated in the center of San Diego and we hope to serve as a cultural nexus that brings together the various communities of the city and provides a vital site for cultural exchange and growth.Featuring:
| Gustavo Arellano |
 Gustavo Arellano’s new book, Taco USA: How Mexican Food Conquered America, presents an entertaining, tasty trip through the history and culture of Mexican food in this country, uncovering great stories and charting the cuisine’s tremendous popularity in El Norte. Arellano’s fascinating narrative combines history, cultural criticism, personal anecdotes, and Jesus on a tortilla. Arellano is the editor of OC Weekly, an alternative newspaper in Orange County, California, author of Orange County: A Personal History, and lecturer with the Chicana and Chicano Studies department at California State University, Fullerton. He writes “¡Ask a Mexican!” a nationally syndicated column in which he answers any and all questions levitra America’s spiciest and largest minority. The column has a weekly circulation of over 2 million in 39 newspapers across the United States, won the 2006 and 2008 Association of Alternative Weeklies award for Best Column, and was published in book form by Scribner Press in May 2007. Arellano’s commentaries regularly appear on Marketplace and the Los Angeles Times. Arellano is the recipient of the Los Angeles Press Club’s 2007 President’s Award and an Impacto Award from the National Hispanic Media Coalition. He was recognized by the California Latino Legislative Caucus with a 2008 Spirit Award for his “exceptional vision, creativity, and work ethic.” Gustavo is a lifelong resident of Orange County and is the proud son of two Mexican immigrants, one whom was undocumented. |
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