DuPage-Will Hadassah will host its Third Annual Author’s Luncheon at 12:30PM on Sun., Sept. 28, at Sullivan’s Steak House. Local author, Luis Alberto Urrea, will be the featured speaker.
The cost of the luncheon is $36 per person. A check sent to Carole Kerr, 305 Elmwood Drive, Naperville, IL 60540, will hold your reservation. Reservations must be made by Sept. 22.
Urrea, a 2005 Pulitzer Prize finalist for nonfiction and a member of the Latino Literature Hall of Fame, is a prolific and acclaimed writer who uses his dual-culture life experiences to explore greater themes of love, loss and triumph. Born in Tijuana, Mexico to a Mexican father and an American mother, Urrea has published extensively in all the major genres. He is a critically acclaimed and best-selling author of 13 books. Urrea has won numerous awards for his poetry, fiction and essays.
The Devil’s Highway, his 2004 non-fiction account of a group of Mexican immigrants lost in the Arizona desert, won the Lannan Literary Award and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the Pacific Rim Kiriyama Prize. It has been optioned by acclaimed Mexican director Luis Mandoki for a film to star Antonio Banderas. An historical novel, The Hummingbird’s Daughter tells the story of Teresa Urrea, sometimes known as the Saint of Cabora and the Mexican Joan of Arc. This novel has been chosen by more than 30 different cities and colleges for One Book community-read programs.
Urrea lives with his family in Naperville where he is a professor of creative writing at the University of Illinois-Chicago.
Sullivan’s Steak House is located at 224 S. Main St.
For more information on this program, contact Paulette Goodman (630) 355-7132 or pgoodman800@gmail.com.
