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    Mar 18, 2013 |Story| Imperial Valley Press Online

  1. 'Boot Camp' provides budding teen authors valuable advice

    Alejandro Rivera said he never realized he wanted to be an author until he was about 13 years old.
    Imperial Valley Press Staff Writer
    Alejandro Rivera said he never realized he wanted to be an author until he was about 13 years old. “I was always writing stuff when I was a kid and drawing pictures,” said Alejandro, a 15-year-old freshman at Southwest High School in El...

    Tags: Robert J. Lopez, Dr. Seuss, Harry Potter (fictional character)

    2. Feb 7, 2013 |Story| Imperial Valley Press Online

  2. Vista Latina: El Centro resident figured prominently in farm worker union's rise, fall

    With a mix of pride and sorrow, Mario Bustamante recalls that day at the United Farm Workers convention in September 1981.
    Imperial Valley Press Staff Writer, Copy Editor
    With a mix of pride and sorrow, Mario Bustamante recalls that day at the United Farm Workers convention in September 1981. Concerned that an emergency resolution would strip union delegates of their vote and further consolidate the executive board’...

    Tags: Lettuce, Career and Workplace, Holiday Vacations, Strikes, Unions

    3. Jan 24, 2013 |Story| Imperial Valley Press Online

  3. Children have fun at annual Pajama Party in Calexico

    CALEXICO — Local children dressed up in their best nighttime pajamas to attend the annual Pajama Party held at the Enrique Camarena Memorial Library here Thursday evening.
    Staff Writer
    CALEXICO — Local children dressed up in their best nighttime pajamas to attend the annual Pajama Party held at the Enrique Camarena Memorial Library here Thursday evening. Sponsored for the second year by the Associated Calexico Teachers union, the...

    Tags: Libraries, Arts and Culture, Dr. Seuss

    4. Oct 15, 2012 |Story| Imperial Valley Press Online

  4. Locals enjoy book sale at Brawley

    BRAWLEY – Valley book lovers woke up bright early Saturday morning to visit the Brawley Public Library’s autumn book sale and author signing.
    Imperial Valley Press Staff Writer
    BRAWLEY – Valley book lovers woke up bright early Saturday morning to visit the Brawley Public Library’s autumn book sale and author signing. The festivities kicked off outside the library with tables of books and authors ready to share their...

    Tags: Libraries, Arts and Culture

    5. Nov 12, 2012 |Story| Imperial Valley Press Online

  5. Author visits El Centro school

    Author Aileen Layon, one of three sisters who co-wrote the book “The Summer of Joanie and Bobo,” read the book to students at McCabe Elementary School in El Centro on Thursday. The book is about four sisters who begged their father to take care of a runt pig, with broken  hind legs, when they were growing up in North Dakota. The students named the two piglets Joanie and Bobo.
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    Author Aileen Layon, one of three sisters who co-wrote the book “The Summer of Joanie and Bobo,” read the book to students at McCabe Elementary School in El Centro on Thursday. The book is about four sisters who begged their father to take...

    Tags: Fiction

    6. Oct 24, 2012 |Story| Imperial Valley Press Online

  6. Acclaimed author to hold discussion at Calexico library

    Staff Writer
    CALEXICO — The community is invited to meet award-winning author Rebecca Solnit, who will be discussing her book “A Paradise Built in Hell: The Extraordinary Communities that Arise in Disaster” tonight at the Camarena Memorial Library....

    Tags: Human Interest, Human Rights, Politics, Libraries, Arts and Culture

    7. Oct 16, 2012 |Column| Imperial Valley Press Online

  7. Life Out Here: Junot Diaz's America

    Junot Diaz won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 2008 for his debut novel, “The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao.”
    Junot Diaz won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 2008 for his debut novel, “The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao.” Junot Diaz was awarded a $500,000 McArthur Foundation “genius” grant earlier this month. Junot Diaz was chosen...

    Tags: Dominican Republic, Literature, Entertainment Events, Awards and Prizes, Mitt Romney

    8. Oct 8, 2012 |Story| Imperial Valley Press Online

  8. Brawley library to hold authors signing and book sale

    Staff Writer
    BRAWLEY — Local authors from all across the Imperial Valley will be visiting the Brawley Public Library for a book sale and author visit here Saturday. “It’s important to support local authors and writers and visit the library,”...

    Tags: Libraries, Arts and Culture

    9. Oct 1, 2012 |Story| Imperial Valley Press Online

  9. Bestseller piquing interest in Imperial Valley

    One by one Imperial Valley residents have been cracking open a book called “The Age of Miracles” about a suburban San Diego family and how they respond when the Earth suddenly begins to slow rotation, affecting length of days and nights, gravity and the environment as the family simultaneously goes through typical life problems.
    Imperial Valley Press Staff Writer
    One by one Imperial Valley residents have been cracking open a book called “The Age of Miracles” about a suburban San Diego family and how they respond when the Earth suddenly begins to slow rotation, affecting length of days and nights,...

    Tags: Columbia University, The Boston Globe, Newspaper and Magazine, New York City, Book

    10. Sep 20, 2012 |Story| Imperial Valley Press Online

  10. Why is the library so noisy?

    I’ve lived in Holtville for more than 20 years and I (as a taxpayer) remember when I was a kid I used to enjoy going to the library. Back then it was a nice place to go to read a book and do homework, but now it’s one of the noisiest places to...

    Tags: Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry, Libraries, Arts and Culture

    11. Jun 26, 2012 |Story| Imperial Valley Press Online

  11. Author explores border identity issues in debut

    Staff Writer
    CALEXICO — Readers delve into both serious and funny sides of bicultural identity issues and relationships in the novel “To Be Frank Diego” as the main character makes a day-long journey through San Diego’s public transit system....

    Tags: Human Interest, Mexico

    12. Jun 18, 2013 | Los Angeles Times

  12. ‘Primates’ graphic novel explores work of Goodall, Fossey, Galdikas

    Hero Complex - movies, comics, pop culture - Los Angeles Times
    Author Jim Ottaviani has made a name for himself writing graphic novels about some of the greatest minds in science, […]...
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