
The speaker for the Latino Buckeye Dinner and LASER awards ceremony is Ana Castillo. She is an award winning poet, novelist, essayist, editor, playwright and translator. She has also contributed to numerous national magazines and periodicals. Castillo’s writings have been the subject of numerous scholarly investigations and publications. Among her titles: novels include So Far From God, The Guardians and Peel My Love like an Onion, among other poetry: I Ask the Impossible. Her novel, Sapogonia was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year.
Ana Castillo Presentation: 4:30-6:00pm (Great Hall Meeting Rooms)
Book Signing: 6:00-6:30pm (Great Hall Meeting Rooms)
Awards Ceremony: 7:00-9:00pm (Performance Hall)