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IMMEDIATE RELEASE</b><br>
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AUTHOR
CRISTINA HENRIQUEZ TO SPEAK AT DELAWARE MAIN LIBRARY OCTOBER 9</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Author penned the selected DelawaREADS
title “The Book of Unknown Americans”</font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Friday, October 02, 2015</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Contact: Nicole Fowles –
Communications Manager <br>
<a href="tel:740-362-3861" value="+17403623861" target="_blank">740-362-3861</a> (Office) or <a href="tel:330-340-3702" value="+13303403702" target="_blank">330-340-3702</a> (Cell)</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><a href="mailto:nfowles@delawarelibrary.org" target="_blank">nfowles@delawarelibrary.org</a></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Delaware, OH: -- The Delaware
County District Library (DCDL) welcomes <i>New
York Times</i> recognized author Cristina Henríquez for a free after-hours
speaking engagement open to the public. She will speak on Friday, October 9 at
7 p.m. at the Delaware Main Library, located at 84 E. Winter St. in Delaware.</font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Henríquez’s novel, <i>The Book of Unknown Americans</i>, was
chosen as the Library’s focal point for DelawaREADS, their fall community read.
Nearly 500 copies of the book were ordered and distributed to the Library’s
four branches for six book groups to read and discuss. </font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">“Our DelawaREADS committee was
looking for a contemporary title that would be new to many of our patrons,”
said Orange Branch Library Assistant Manager Sara Kennedy. “With all the
discussion that is happening in our nation around the topic of immigration, we
felt the message and the subject matter of the book was quite timely.” </font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><i>The Book
of Unknown Americans</i> tells the
stories of the Rivera and Toro families. The Riveras move to America from
Mexico in hopes of giving their daughter Maribel, who has sustained a
debilitating head injury, a better life. At their apartment complex they meet
the Toros from Panama, who also have a son the same age as Maribel. For the
children, it’s love at first sight. For the families, it’s the beginning of a
beautiful friendship. Woven into their stories are the testimonials of men and
women who have come to the United States from all over Central and Latin
America.</font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">At her visit, Henríquez will
speak on the topic of “Dual Identity,” discussing her own experience of growing
up half-American, half-Panamanian, and how her sense of her own identity formed
and has been continually reshaping over her life. Though highly
autobiographical, this is a talk that will be relevant to anyone who has ever
wondered to themselves, “Who am I?” </font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><i>The Book
of Unknown Americans</i> was a <i>New York Times</i> Notable Book of 2014 and
one of Amazon’s Top 10 Books of the Year. It was the Daily Beast Novel of the
Year, a <i>Washington Post</i> Notable Book,
an NPR Great Read, and was chosen as one of the best books of the year by
BookPage, Oprah.com, and <i>School Library
Journal</i>. It was also longlisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for
Excellence in Fiction. Henríquez earned her undergraduate degree from
Northwestern University and is a graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. She
lives in Chicago. </font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Fundamentals Parent Teacher Store
will provide copies of Henríquez’s book for purchase during the talk. Books may
be ordered in advance by calling <a href="tel:740-363-0290" value="+17403630290" target="_blank">740-363-0290</a>.</font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Henríquez’s visit is partly
funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the
American Library Association. The <i>Latino
Americans: 500 Years of History</i> grant is part of an NEH initiative, <i><u>The Common Good: The Humanities in the
Public Square</u></i>.</font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">For more information about
programs and services at DCDL visit our web site at <a href="http://www.delawarelibrary.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">www.delawarelibrary.org</span></a> or contact Nicole Fowles, Communications Manager,
at <a href="mailto:nfowles@delawarelibrary.org" target="_blank">nfowles@delawarelibrary.org</a> or (740)
362-3861.</font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Editor's Note: Please find attached a headshot of Cristina Henríquez.</font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center"><b><font face="verdana, sans-serif">About the National Endowment for the Humanities</font></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Created in 1965 as an independent
federal agency, the National Endowment for the Humanities supports research and
learning in history, literature, philosophy and other areas of the humanities
by funding selected, peer-reviewed proposals from around the nation. Additional
information about the National Endowment for the Humanities and its grant
programs is available at <a href="http://www.neh.gov" target="_blank">www.neh.gov</a>.</font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center"><b><font face="verdana, sans-serif">About the American Library Association</font></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">The American Library Association
is the oldest and largest library association in the world, with approximately
58,000 members in academic, public, school, government and special libraries.
The mission of the American Library Association is to provide leadership for
the development, promotion and improvement of library and information services
and the profession of librarianship in order to enhance learning and ensure
access to information for all.</font><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><span><font color="#888888"><font face="Tw Cen MT, sans-serif"></font></font></span></font></span></p><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><span><font color="#888888"><div><br></div>-- <br><div><div dir="ltr"><div><font size="4" color="#cc0000" face="'courier new', monospace"><strong>Nicole Fowles</strong></font></div>
<div><font color="#000000" face="'courier new', monospace">Communications Manager</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000" face="'courier new', monospace">Delaware County District Library</font></div>
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