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Las Cruces author and playwright Denise Chávez will present a Thomas Branigan Memorial Library Zoom talk about her work beginning at 12:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 1.
Chávez is the author of “The Last of the Menu Girls,” “Face of An Angel,” “Loving Pedro Infante,” “A Taco Testimony: Meditations on Family, Food and Culture” and “The King and Queen of Comezón,” among other books and essay collections.
Chávez has won the American Book Award, the Premio Aztlán Literary Prize, the Mesilla Valley Author of the Year Award and the 2003 Hispanic Heritage Award for Literature.
The City of Las Cruces proclaimed Nov. 21, 2017, Denise Chávez Day in Las Cruces, recognizing the Las Cruces native for her prolific work.
“You helped put Las Cruces on the map,” Mayor Ken Miyagishima told Chávez, calling her “a timeless crusader for social justice and human rights.”
Chávez created the Border Book Festival that was an annual local event for more than 25 years. She now owns Casa Camino Real Bookstore and Art Gallery at 314 S. Tornillo St. in Las Cruces’ Mesquite Historic District.
Chávez will discuss her books, especially “Loving Pedro Infante,” during the presentation, and participants will have the chance to join the Pedro Infante Fan Club.
Email sagelibrary@las-cruces.org for the link to join the program.
