Still Water Saints<\/em>. The story follows the lives of Perla, the owner of a bot\u00e1nica in Agua Mansa, a fictional town in the Inland Empire, and the locals who visit her store. <\/p>\n Barnes & Noble named the novel, which was released simultaneously in English and Spanish, a \u201cDiscover Great New Writers\u201d selection for Spring 2007. Sandra Cisneros, author of House on Mango Street and Caramelo, says the book is \u201cas perfect as the beads of a rosary.\u201d The American Library Association\u2019s Booklist publication called Still Water Saints a \u201cmagical debut\u201d and Espinoza a \u201crefreshing new writer.\u201d <\/p>\n
Born in Tijuana, Mexico, Espinoza is the youngest of eleven children. He grew up in La Puente. In 1991, he moved to the Inland Empire and attended San Bernardino Valley College where he participated in the Puente Program. He earned a BA in Creative Writing at UC Riverside and an MFA at UC Irvine. Currently, he is an Assistant Professor of English at California State University, Fresno. <\/p>\n
Puente is a two-semester program designed to increase the number of Latino and other educationally underrepresented students who successfully transfer to a four-year colleges and universities, complete their degrees, and to return to the community as mentors and leaders of future generations. Puente is open to all students. <\/p>\n
This event is supported by Poets & Writers, Inc. through a grant it has received from The James Irvine Foundation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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On Thursday, October 1, at 6pm, in the Nordic Lounge (E Bldg), the Long Beach City College Puente Program will host author and Puente alumnus Alex Espinoza. <\/p>\n