PNC Books and Coffee Series November 2013 Session

Coffee-MugPurdue University North Central "Books & Coffee" discussion series will meet on Nov 13 from noon to about 1 p.m. in the Library-Student-Faculty Building, Assembly Hall, Room 02, located on the building's lower level. Refreshments will be served. The program is free and open to the public.

Dr. Assen Kokalov, assistant professor of Spanish, will review the book "The Boy Kings of Texas" by Domingo Martinez. A National Book Award finalist, this memoir, set in the outskirts of Brownsville, Texas, details the gritty realities of the US - Mexican border. Martinez alternately uses good-natured and sardonic wit to describe his abusive family, the macho barrio and an adolescence full of trials including a cruel grandmother who takes out life insurance policies on all males in the family and a violent father who leads the family on drug smuggling runs. The book looks at many border issues such as immigration and border violence in a predominantly macho culture.

A discussion period will follow Kokalov's review. The book is available in the PNC Bookstore.

The Books & Coffee series will continue through the academic year with monthly presentations.

Additional information about Books and Coffee may be obtained by contacting Dr. Kenneth Kincaid, associate professor of History, at 785-5200, 5244 or kkincaid@pnc.edu Persons with disabilities needing accommodations should contact Kincaid.