Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Philly book scene ...

... Local Area Events.

I see that Luis Alberto Urrea is going to be at the Library on Thursday. I was on the jury that nominated his book The Devil's Highway for a Pulitzer (it lost to Steve Coll's Ghost Warriors). My erstwhile colleague David Hiltbrand heaped praise on Urrea's first novel, The Hummingbird's Daughter. Hope The Inquirer's reviewing his new one.

2 comments:

  1. David Hiltbrand6:38 PM

    "Erstwhile"? I prefer to think of myself of your "once and future colleague".
    Urrea is a treasure.

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  2. Thanks, David. Once and future it is.
    And you're right about Urrea.

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