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SUMMARY:Community Speaker Series: "Solito" A Memoir with Javier Zamora
DESCRIPTION:In 1999\, a nine-year-old boy left his tiny village in El 
 Salvador to join his parents who had emigrated to America some years 
 before. His astonishing nine-week\, 3\,000-mile journey\, without friends 
 or family\, is the heart of JAVIER ZAMORA's riveting memoir.  Zamora writes 
 in the pitch-perfect voice of that child as he makes his perilous way\, on 
 foot and by boat and bus and truck\, recalling moments of true terror and 
 of unexpected tenderness. In conversation with executive director of The 
 Community Library JENNY EMERY DAVIDSON\, Zamora will speak about the book\, 
 about how he was finally able to write it\, about trauma and healing and 
 hope\, and about becoming the celebrated poet and writer that he 
 is.\n\nPresented in partnership with the Sun Valley Writers' Conference\, 
 the Community Speaker Series welcomes speakers from the annual conference 
 to The Community Library for a free community event. This year's series 
 features Javier Zamora on July 19 and Curtis Sittenfeld on July 
 25.\n\nRegistration is required to save your seat. A book signing will 
 follow each event. \n\nThe recording of this event is no longer 
 available.\n\nJavier Zamora was born in El Salvador in 1990. His father 
 fled the country when he was one\, and his mother when he was about to turn 
 five. Both parents’ migrations were caused by the U.S.-funded Salvadoran 
 Civil War. When he was nine Javier migrated through Guatemala\, Mexico\, 
 and the Sonoran Desert. His debut poetry collection\, Unaccompanied\, 
 explores the impact of the war and immigration on his family. Zamora has 
 been a Stegner Fellow at Stanford and a Radcliffe Fellow at Harvard and 
 holds fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Poetry 
 Foundation.\n\nPhoto credit: Gerardo del Valle.
LOCATION:John A. and Carole O. Moran Lecture Hall\, The Community Library
ORGANIZER;CN="Martha Williams":MAILTO:mwilliams@comlib.org
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Conversations
CONTACT;CN="Martha Williams":MAILTO:mwilliams@comlib.org
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