Pat Mora, noted author and poet to share her poems for teens

El Paso Museum of History
June 13, 2009, 2:00 PM and 3:30 PM

The El Paso Museum of History and the El Paso del Norte Region YWCA present Pat Mora for two separate programs beginning at 2:00 p.m. in the museum’s Seminar Room. The title of the program is “Remembering our Own True Name.” Mora will be reaching out to teens and young adults by reading from her collection entitled, My Own True Name: New and Selected Poems for Young Adults, and selections from her yet to be published collection, Dizzy in Your Eyes: Poems about Love. Using her work as examples, Pat will discuss ways teens can develop their own creative potential.

Pat Mora is a native of El Paso and an author of many award-winning children’s books. She is the founder of El dia de los niños/El dia de los libros, Children’s Day/Book Day, which is celebrated across the country in April. The New York Times has written that, “Ms. Mora’s poems are proudly bilingual, an eloquent answer to purists who refuse to see language as something that lives and changes.”

Pat has also been an active participant with the El Paso YWCA’s Mother/Daughter program. Because of her commitment to the YWCA, her program is coinciding with the museum’s exhibit, “El Paso del Norte Region YWCA at 100.”

Pat received Honorary Doctorates in Letters from North Carolina State University and SUNY Buffalo and is an Honorary Member of the American Library Association.

A book signing will be available before each presentation. Pat Mora is underwritten by the El Paso Museum of History, Museums & Cultural Affairs Department (MCAD), and an anonymous contribution. This event is free. For more information, call Sue Taylor at 351-3588.