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Pima County Public Library Share Join The Library At This Year’s Virtual Tucson Festival Of Books

​Natalie Diaz, poet and author of "Postcolonial Love Poem," is one of many presenting authors sponsored by the Library's Nuestras Raíces.

February 23, 2021

Natalie Diaz, poet and author of "Postcolonial Love Poem," is one of many presenting authors sponsored by the Library's Nuestras Raíces team.

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It may look a little different this year, but the Tucson Festival of Books, opens a new window is still on... and the Library has some great virtual events—sponsored by our Nuestras Raíces team—for you to attend!

It's easy to attend any of our events, visit the Nuestras Raíces schedule, opens a new window on the Festival's website, click on the session title, then click on Watch Live! on the day and time of the event.

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Saturday, March 6, 2021

9 to 10 am, opens a new window
Send a Runner
Featuring Jim Kristofic and Edison Eskeets

11 am to noon, opens a new window
Lessons from Spiderwoman
Featuring Barbara Teller Ornelas and Lynda Teller Pete

1 to 2 pm, opens a new window
Viva Frida!
Featuring Arianna Davis and Kathy Cano-Murillo

3 to 4 pm, opens a new window
Inventing Latinos
Featuring Laura E. Gómez

Sunday, March 7, 2021

9 to 10 am, opens a new window
Seeing the World Through My Eyes
Featuring Natalie Diaz

11 am to noon, opens a new window
The Queen of Tejano Music: Selena
Featuring Silvia López and Paola Escobar

1 to 2 pm, opens a new window
It Takes a Pueblo
Featuring Alberto Álvaro Ríos and Lydia R. Otero

3 to 4 pm, opens a new window
My Story/My Truth: Yamile Saied Méndez and Aiden Thomas
Featuring Yamile Saied Méndez and Aiden Thomas


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