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Book launch:

VenueCity of Asylum/Pittsburgh

Date01/31/2014

Time7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Event TypeReading

GenreFiction

SponsorCity of Asylum

Cost $0.00
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Description and Reader Names: SampsoniaWay.org, the online journal of literature, free speech and social justice published by City of Asylum, celebrates the release of the English-language paperback edition of its first anthology, GENERATION ZERO - a collection of short stories by emerging Cuban writers. This event is free, but space is limited – please reserve your seats in advance.

7 p.m. Reception | 7:30 Reading
330 Sampsonia Way, Pittsburgh, PA 15212

This collection of 16 short stories – never before in print – was curated by Havana-based Cuban writer and Sampsonia Way columnist Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo, who will join us at the book launch, along with guest readers. Books will be available for purchase.

'This compilation of short stories might well say more about Cuba’s reality than most news reports. Some of the island’s best emerging writers reach outside Cuba through their work – even as we look in – sometimes with depth, sometimes with irreverence but always with great punch.' - Juan O. Tamayo, Miami Herald (USA)

'Cubans no longer speak the same language…In Generation Year Zero, sarcasm, deterritorialization, transvestism,fragmentation, colloquialism, hybridization, adventure, and imagination are redesigning Cuban identity, recovering their power of subversion and resignifying Utopia.' – Paulo A. Paranagua, Le Monde (France)

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Primary Contact PersonJulie Tvaruzek

Primary Contact Emailcontact@cityofasylumpittsburgh.org

Telephone4123230278

Websitehttp://www.cityofasylumpittsburgh.org/ai1ec_event/book_launch/?instance_id=85

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Is this an open mic event? No

Is this a book signing? Yes

Will author's books be for sale? Yes

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