| Friday August 24, 7 pm Author Reading and Book Signing  Author Marisel Vera
If I Bring You Roses
"If I Bring You Roses is more than a love story powerfully and insightfully told. It is also a story about how class and ethnic discrimination impact relationships between men and women.
The message is important; the writing is masterful...I highly recommend this book to readers interested in romance grounded in reality, in Latina culture, in civil and human rights for all people regardless of gender, race or ethnicity and to readers who are just interested in reading a really good, engrossing book." Midwest Book Review
Marisel Vera grew up in the barrio in Chicago's Humboldt Park neighborhood, where she was raised by Puerto Rican emigrant parents.One of six children, she was the first in her family to earn a college degree: a BA in Journalism from Northern Illinois University
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Join us in a discussion, book signing
and refreshments Puerto Rican style
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Received from World Can't Wait
Party & Celebration for Gregory!
Saturday, Aug. 25
Grace Place, 637 S. Dearborn, Chicago
Doors Open 6 pm, Program Starts at 7!
Music, Spoken Word, Poetry!
Raffle with Awesome Prizes!
$10 donation appreciated, no one turned away.
Friends, join us for an evening of celebration and determined resistance as we continue the nearly 3-year-long fight against the vindictive prosecution of Gregory Koger! His case is now before the Illinois Supreme Court, which may decide on whether they will hear the appeal or not at any moment. Come party and support him now.
We Say:
· Videotaping is not a crime!
· Stop the Vindictive Political Prosecution of Gregory Koger! · Former prisoners who stand up against injustice and oppression should be supported, not repressed!
read more about it at his defense committee's website
Hosted by Ad Hoc Committee for Reason and Chicago World Can't Wait.
Endorsed by Chicago Women's Caucus for Art, Prisoners Revolutionary Literature Fund.
For more information, contact AdHoc4Reason@gmail.com
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 August 29, Wednesday 7 pm
Revolution Books Book Club
This month we will be reading from Marge Piercy's
Women on the Edge of Time.
Published in 1976, this book is a classic feminist novel and a bold, speculative look at the future.
Woman on the Edge of Time is often described as a feminist utopia, although it questions society's ability to achieve utopia. The reader comes to realize that it is the responsibility of present day individuals to change society's future.
Copies available at Revolution Books.
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