{"id":282,"date":"2014-06-19T19:47:21","date_gmt":"2014-06-19T19:47:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/1996classnews\/?p=282"},"modified":"2014-06-19T19:47:21","modified_gmt":"2014-06-19T19:47:21","slug":"get-to-reading-this-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/1996classnews\/2014\/06\/19\/get-to-reading-this-summer\/","title":{"rendered":"Get to Reading this Summer!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Join the new academic tradition known as the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.titanpride.org\/redirect.aspx?linkID=13135&amp;eid=22202\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Summer Reading Program<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0Students, faculty, staff, and alumni are reading:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><em>The Madonnas of Echo Park <\/em><\/strong><strong>by Brando Skyhorse.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/1996classnews\/files\/2014\/06\/brando-skyhorse-book-cover.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-283\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/1996classnews\/files\/2014\/06\/brando-skyhorse-book-cover-195x300.jpg\" alt=\"brando skyhorse book cover\" width=\"112\" height=\"172\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/1996classnews\/files\/2014\/06\/brando-skyhorse-book-cover-195x300.jpg 195w, https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/1996classnews\/files\/2014\/06\/brando-skyhorse-book-cover-131x200.jpg 131w, https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/1996classnews\/files\/2014\/06\/brando-skyhorse-book-cover.jpg 226w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 112px) 100vw, 112px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The book is &#8220;a series of interconnected fictional stories of working class men and women living in Echo Park, a neighborhood in Los Angeles, and offers a window into the lives of Mexican Americans as they struggle to define their identities in the context of pursuing the American dream.&#8221;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>If you would like to participate in an alumni only book discussion group in Bloomington, Chicago or Washington DC, please click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.titanpride.org\/s\/653\/index.aspx?sid=653&amp;gid=1&amp;pgid=1728&amp;cid=3016&amp;ecid=3016&amp;crid=0&amp;calpgid=61&amp;calcid=2508\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>here to register<\/strong><\/a> or contact your area Alumni Regional President directly.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/iwu.co1.qualtrics.com\/SE\/?SID=SV_6DJA8qSzz5XPNbf\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Click here to RSVP<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0for the campus book discussion group on Friday, August 20, 6-8pm.<\/li>\n<li>Wednesday, September 3rd the author will be discussing his book at the President&#8217;s Convocation at 11 am at Westbrook Auditorium in Presser Hall, IWU.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Join the new academic tradition known as the\u00a0Summer Reading Program.\u00a0Students, faculty, staff, and alumni are reading: The Madonnas of Echo Park by Brando Skyhorse. 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