This
reading is co-sponsored by the Larchmont-Mamaroneck League of Women Voters,
as part of its study of U.S. Immigration Policy, and the Larchmont Public Library.
Annecy
Baez was born in the Dominican Republic and came to the United States when
she was three years old. She was raised in the Bronx in New York City and currently
lives in Westchester County. A poet and fiction writer, her literary work has
appeared in Caudal, a Dominican journal, Tertuliando/ Hanging Out,
a bilingual anthology, and Callaloo. A psychotherapist by training, she
holds a doctoral degree in clinical social work. Presently, she is the Director
of the Counseling Center at Lehman College. Baez is the winner of the 2007 Miguel
Mårmol Prize for her collection of short stories, My Daughter’s Eyes and Other
Stories. The contest awards a first book-length work of fiction in English
by a Latina/o writer that reflects a respect for intercultural understanding and
fosters an appreciation for human rights and civil liberties.
Helen Barolini’s fiction and non-fiction has created a bridge between the United States, her home land, and Italy, the ancestral land. Awarded a writing grant from the National Endowment for the Arts for her first novel, Umbertina, Barolini is the author of nine other books and many short stories and essays that have been cited in annual editions of Best American Essays. She has received an American Book Award and other honors, has been a Resident fellow at the Rockefeller Foundation’s Bellagio Center on Lake Como, and a visiting artist at the American Academy in Rome. Three of her books have appeared in translation in Italy where she has lectured as an invited American author. In 2007 she spoke on her late husband, Antonio Barolini, at a conference in Padua, Italy.
Chinese
American author Josephine Lee has lived most of her life in the New York
metropolitan area. She holds a master of arts from Tufts University, where she
studied international affairs, and currently teaches international marketing at
Iona College. She speaks Cantonese and plays mahjong competitively. At the 2007
World Mahjong Championships in China, she competed as a delegate from the United
States. New York City’s Chinese Community captures the people, culture,
history, businesses, events, and neighborhoods that have defined this community
from the early days to more recent times. Historic photographs highlight details
from the life and experiences of the Chinese population in New York, including
their deep-rooted heritage and their new American ways of life. The rich cultural
traditions of Chinese Americans contribute to New York’s vibrant multicultural
community.
Admission free
Programs and events of The Hudson Valley Writers’ Center are made possible, in part, by grants from the Bydale Foundation, the David G. Taft Foundation, the Orchard Foundation, and the Thendara Foundation; with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a State Agency, and the National Endowment for the Arts; and by the Basic Program Support Grant of the Westchester Arts Council with funds from Westchester County Government.