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SUMMARY:Virtual Visit with Erika Sanchez
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DESCRIPTION:In conversation with Cynthia Pelayo.\nhttps://champaign.libnet
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Erika L. S&aacute\;nchez is the daughter o
 f Mexican immigrants. Her debut poetry collection\,<em> Lessons on Expulsi
 on</em>\, was a finalist for the PEN America Open Book Award. Her debut yo
 ung adult novel\, <em>I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter</em>\, was a 
 New York Times bestseller\, National Book Award finalist\, and Tom&aacute\
 ;s Rivera Award winner. Recognized by Time as one of the best YA novels of
  all time\, <em>I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter</em> has also been 
 adapted for the stage at Steppenwolf Theater in Chicago and is being made 
 into a film directed by America Ferrera.</p>\n<p>She will be joined in con
 versation by Cynthia Pelayo. Pelayo is a Bram Stoker Award-winning and Int
 ernational Latino Book Award-winning author and poet. She writes fairy tal
 es that blend genre and explore concepts of grief\, mourning\, and violenc
 e. Cynthia is the author of <em>Loteria\, Santa Muerte\, The Missing\, Poe
 ms of My Night\, Into the Forest</em> <em>and All the Way Through\, Childr
 en of Chicago\, Crime Scene</em>\, and <em>The Shoemaker&rsquo\;s Magician
 </em>.</p>\n<p><a href="https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_GjOkKA
 yBSq2a5mM9eV1S5A#/registration" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="btn 
 btn-primary">Sign up</a></p>\n<p>ILLINOIS LIBRARIES PRESENT | FALL 2024</p
 >\n<ul>\n<li>Oct 9\, <a href="https://champaign.org/event/virtual-visit-wi
 th-erika-sanchez-11080764">Virtual Visit with Erika Sanchez</a>\, 7 pm</li
 >\n<li>Oct 22\, <a href="https://champaign.org/event/virtual-visit-with-ja
 son-reynolds-11080768">Virtual Visit with Jason Reynolds</a>\, 7 pm</li>\n
 <li>Nov 20\, <a href="https://champaign.org/event/virtual-visit-with-chef-
 art-smith-11080769">Virtual Visit with Chef Art Smith</a>\, 7 pm</li>\n<li
 >Dec 10\, <a href="https://champaign.org/event/virtual-visit-with-raina-te
 lgemeier-11080825">Virtual Visit with Raina Telgemeier</a>\, 7 pm</li>\n</
 ul>\n<p><em></em></p>\n<p><em>Illinois Libraries Present is funded in part
  by a grant awarded by the Illinois State Library\, a department of the Of
 fice of Secretary of State\, using funds provided by the U.S. Institute of
  Museum and Library Services\, under the provisions of the Library Service
 s and Technology Act (LSTA). Illinois Libraries Present is committed to in
 clusion and accessibility.</em></p>\nhttps://champaign.libnet.info/event/1
 1080764
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