#97-3-11
For Release: 3-10-97
Contact: Peter Bailley

Cherríe Moraga will present a poetry reading of her works at 4 p.m., Thursday, April 3 in the Common Room, Old Main. The same day Moraga will also present the talk "Sour Grapes, Writing and Resistance" at 7 p.m. in Kresge Recital Hall, Ford Center for Fine Arts, Knox College. These events are free and open to the public.

Centered in San Francisco, Moraga has co-authored This Bridge Called my Back: Writings by Radical Feminists of Color, contributed to Cuentos: Stories by Latinas, authored Loving in the War Years, and has written several plays. A reception will follow the evening talk. Her work has been widely acclaimed by feminist, Latino and literary communities since her co-authoring of This Bridge Called my Back.

This event is sponsored by Knox College Union Board, Office of Student Affairs, Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual Community Alliance, Students Against Sexism in Society, Office of Intercultural Life and Lo Nuestro.

Founded in 1837, Knox is an independent, four-year, liberal arts college, located in Galesburg, Illinois, with 1,100 students from 42 states and 33 nations. Knox's "Old Main," a National Historic Landmark, is the only building remaining from the 1858 Lincoln-Douglas debates.