summer reading:

new novels published by recent Bronx Writers Center Fellows

Long For This World
Sonya Chung

Sonya Chung’s first novel tells the story of a family divided between contemporary America and a small Korean town. Long for This World is about loss and renewal and what it means to go home. Sonya Chung is a recipient of the Charles Johnson Fiction Award, a Pushcart Prize nomination, and the Bronx Council on the Arts Literary Arts Fellowship & Residency.

Daughters of the Stone
Dahlma Llanos Figueroa

Daughters of the Stone follows the lives of five generations of Afro-Puerto Rican women focusing on the legacy passed from one generation to the next. How does each generation deal with that legacy given changing environments, culture? How does the environment change the legacy? What happens to communication when language and culture are truncated? What legacy does a woman who owns nothing, not even her own body, leave for her daughter? What happens to a storyteller when she can no longer tell her stories? Can one build for the future without coming to terms with the past?

Dahlma Llanos Figueroa was born in Puerto Rico and grew up in the Bronx. She was a teacher and librarian in the New York City School system until her retirement. Her life experiences in Puerto Rico and the Bronx, as well as her African heritage, form the core of her work. Dahlma lives still in the Bronx with her husband Jonathan Lessuck. Dahlma Llanos Figueroa is the recipient of the the Bronx Council on the Arts' BRIO award and the Literary Arts Fellowship & Residency.

Both books can be purchased at Barnes & Noble at Bay Plaza, located at 290 Baychester Avenue in the Co-op City section of the Bronx. To find out about literary activities that are held at the store, please call 718-862-3945 or visit http://www.barnesandnoble.com (click on "Stores and Events").

Professional Development Seminars

Every year, the Bronx Writers Center offers a series of professional development seminars designed to help writers get their work into print. Previous seminars have included The Author/Agent Relationship, Publishing 101 and From Rejection to Publication.

Locations: Events and Activities

Bronx Writers Center
2521 Glebe Avenue (at the Westchester Square Library)

Bronx, NY 10461

718-409-1265

Barnes & Noble Bay Plaza
290 Baychester Avenue (Co-op City)

Bronx, NY 10475

718-862-3945

Hostos Community College
450 Grand Concourse (at 149th Street), Bronx, NY 10451

718-518-6728

Directions: by subway, take the 2, 4 or 5 trains to 149 St - Grand Concourse station; By bus, take the BX1 or BX19 to 149th Street and the Grand Concourse.

The Huntington Free Library

9 Westchester Square (next to Apple Savings Bank)

Bronx, NY, 10461

Kingsbridge Branch of the New York Public Library
280 West 231st St & Corlear Ave

Bronx, NY 10463

Directions: by subway, take the 1 train to 231st and walk two blocks west to Corlear Avenue.

Lehman College
250 Bedford Park Boulevard West

Bronx, NY 10468

Directions: by subway, take the 4 or D Train to Bedford Park Blvd. Walk west to campus; by bus, take BX 1, 2, 3, 9, 10, 12, 22, 26, 28, or 34. Ask for the stop nearest the campus.

Longwood Art Gallery

on the campus of Hostos Community College
450 Grand Concourse (at 149th Street), Bronx, NY 10451

718-518-6728

Directions: by subway, take the 2, 4 or 5 trains to 149 St - Grand Concourse station; By bus, take the BX1 or BX19 to 149th Street and the Grand Concourse.

Riverdale Community Center

inside M.S./H.S. 141 (Riverdale Kingsbridge Academy)

660 West 237th Street

Bronx, NY 10463

718-796-4724

Directions: by public transit, take 1 train to 231st Street. Transfer to BX10 or BX20 buses towards Riverdale. Get off at the 235th Street bus stop, walk over pedestrian footbridge to cross Henry Hudson Parkway. Walk away from the parkway one block to Independence, and make a right. Walk one block to 237th Street Southbound bus to 236th Street and follow directions above.

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