Colorado State University - Pueblo Reception Honors Work of Bernice Zamora 
       
Pueblo- The Chicano Studies Program and University Library at Colorado State University – Pueblo will sponsor a reception next week to honor Dr. Bernice Zamora’s internationally recognized literary work. The reception will take place at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, October 18 on the third floor of the University Library. The event is open to the public at no charge.

According to event organizer, Dora Luz Cobian, associate professor of English and foreign languages at CSU-Pueblo, the evening will be a treat not only because of the opportunity to meet and learn about Zamora’s work, but because Lorna Dee Cervantes, professor at CU- Boulder, a renowned poet herself, and Dr. Luis Torres, professor of Chicano studies at Metro State College of Denver, will perform Zamora’s work.

Zamora was born in Aguilar and raised in Pueblo. She attended CSU-Fort Collins and Stanford University. Although she has explored many genres of writing, Zamora prefers poetry. Her work is most significantly influenced by the Chicano Movement, the attempt by members of the Chicano community to organize local and regional concerns with the common goal of empowerment.

Cobian said Zamora’s work is especially important to Coloradans because it reflects Colorado’s way of life and because it serves as an example for the Chicana/Latina community. A display on the first floor of the University Library includes samples of poetry by Zamora and others.

For more information on the event or Zamora, contact Cobian at 549-2537.

 
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