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10/16/00

ALBERTO RIOS PART OF SLU WRITERS SERIES

CANTON -- Author Alberto Rios will speak and read from his recent 
work at St. Lawrence University on Wednesday, November 1, at 8 p.m. 
in the Common Room of Sykes Residence Hall, as part of the St. Lawrence 
Writers Series. The event is open to the public, free of charge.
	Rios' books include three collections of poems, two short-story 
collections and Capirotada: A Nogales Memoir, named by the Latino Literary 
Hall of Fame as the best biography of 1999. A recipient of fellowships 
from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts, 
Rios' work has been included in more than 90 major national and 
international anthologies.
	Rios is the son of a Guatemalan father and an English mother, and 
grew up in Nogales, Arizona, on the border with Mexico. Critics have 
praised his work for giving voice to the Chicano experience in the U.S. 
He is a professor of English in the MFA program at Arizona State 
University.
	For more information, contact Assistant Professor of English 
Robert Cowser, at 315-229-5961.

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