I just received a press release from the Saratoga Reads Festival that is taking place May 4-6 throughout Saratoga Springs, New York. Of special interest to readers of this website is the appearance of Sandra Cisneros, who will be reading from her novel, Caramelo beginning at 7:30 pm on Saturday, May 5, in Bernhard Theater on the Skidmore College campus. According to the press release, Carmelo is “a sprawling, lively saga that follows three generations of the working-class Reyes family from its roots in Mexico City to their new lives in Chicago and San Antonio.” This was selected as a notable book of the year by both the New York Times and the Los Angeles Times. Cisneros was born in Chicago and earned a B.A. in English from Loyola University in Chicago and a M.F.A. in creative writing from the University of Iowa. She has published four books of poetry, two novels, a collection of short stories, and a children’s book. A MacArthur Foundation fellowship allowed her to complete Caramelo. She has also been honored by two National Endowment for the Arts fellowships, the Chicago Short Story Award from the University of Arizona, and a Texas Medal of the Arts Award.
This sounds like a fantastic weekend, with much more book and reading programs (and food) going on throughout Saratoga Springs. See the link to the right for more information and tell somebody that CREST sent you.
