Words to Stir the Soul
听If You Go
Date:听November 12, 2008
Time: 7:00PM
Where: Old Main
Immigration
On the heels of one of the longest presidential campaigns in history, one that has turned up the heat on the topic of immigration, the Center shifted the focus back from positions to people. This special evening celebrated the literature of immigration, rather than the policies of immigration. A large crowd listened as community members, politicians, public servants, professors, and a host of others read selections from a literature that has played a crucial role in the formation of the narrative of the West.
This year鈥檚 readers included:
Thomas Andrews
Professor in the Department of History at the University of Colorado Denver
Reading from听Killing for Coal: America鈥檚 Deadliest Labor War听by Thomas Andrews
Steve Burkholder
Executive Director of Colorado鈥檚 Future and former Mayor of Lakewood
Reading from听The Devil鈥檚 Highway听by Luis Alberto Urrea
Bruce Finley
Denver Post reporter
Yan Linhart
Professor in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Colorado at Boulder
Reading from听Hidden Heritage: The Legacy of the Crypto-Jews听by Janet Liebman Jacobs
Daryl Maeda
Professor in the Department of Ethnic Studies at the University of Colorado at Boulder
Reading from听No-No Boy听by John Okada
Jose Mercado
Assistant Professor in the Department of Theatre, Film & Video Production at the University of Colorado Denver
Manuel Ramos
Author of Chicano Literature and Director of Advocacy for Colorado Legal Services
Reading from听Places Left Unfinished at the Time of Creation听by John Phillip Santos
John-Michael Rivera
Professor in the Department of English at the University of Colorado at Boulder
Reading from听The People of Paper听by Salvador Plascencia
Helen Thorpe
Freelance writer
Reading from听Beyond the Border听compiled and directed by Jose Mercado; Excerpt: 鈥淭hank You鈥 by Richard Rodriguez
Mary Ann Villarreal
Professor in the Department of History at the University of Colorado at Boulder
Reading from听Crossing听by Manuel Luis Martinez
William Wei
Professor in the Department of History at the University of Colorado at Boulder
Reading from听America is in the Heart: A Personal History听by Carlos Bulosan