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Luis Alberto Urrea
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Location:Hopkins, MNEvent Date:Friday, February 6, 2015 to Saturday, February 7, 2015
With Friends of the Hennepin County Public Library. Two lectures and booksignings. Details to come.
Location:Hopkins, MNEvent Date:Friday, February 6, 2015 to Saturday, February 7, 2015
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The Hummingbird's Daughter
— published 2005 — 8 editions |
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The Devil's Highway: A True Story
— published 2004 — 10 editions |
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Into the Beautiful North
— published 2009 — 15 editions |
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Queen of America
— published 2011 — 9 editions |
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Across the Wire: Life and Hard Times on the Mexican Border
by Luis Alberto Urrea (Goodreads Author), John Lueders-Booth — published 1993 — 2 editions |
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By the Lake of Sleeping Children
by Luis Alberto Urrea (Goodreads Author), John Lueders-Booth — published 1996 — 2 editions |
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Nobody's Son: Notes from an American Life
— published 1998 — 2 editions |
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Six Kinds of Sky: A Collection of Short Fiction
— published 2002 |
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Mr. Mendoza's Paintbrush
by Luis Alberto Urrea (Goodreads Author), Christopher Cardinale — published 2009 |
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In Search of Snow
— published 1994 — 3 editions |
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July 09, 2012 09:00AM
location: Wallowa Lake, OR, The United States description: Teaching a fiction workshop. Reading and panel |
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| Stewart O'Nan and I share a fascination with empty lots, abandoned places, melancholy gravel pits. So for Christmas, O'Nan sent me this hilarious/eerie book, a field guide to identifying abandoned supermarket shopping carts. Yay Stewart! I started go...more | |
“...There was nothing one could do when love came. It was fast, and it was strong, and if it were not good, then surely God would not have allowed it such power.”
― Luis Alberto Urrea, The Hummingbird's Daughter
― Luis Alberto Urrea, The Hummingbird's Daughter
“This is how Heaven works. They're practical. We are always looking for rays of light. For lightning bolts or burning bushes. But God is a worker, like us. He made the world — He didn't hire poor Indios to build it for him! God has worker's hands. Just remember — angels carry no harps. Angels carry hammers.”
― Luis Alberto Urrea, The Hummingbird's Daughter
― Luis Alberto Urrea, The Hummingbird's Daughter
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I'm still eavesdropping on your blog. One of the best around. Hope all's good with you xo Leslie