Manuel Munoz discusses What You See in the Dark: A Novel

EVENT:  Manuel Munoz appears to discuss his debut novel What You See in the Dark

AUTHOR:  Manuel Munoz is the author of two collections of short stories: Zigzagger (Northwestern University Press, 2003) and The Faith Healer of Olive Avenue (Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2007), which was shortlisted for the 2007 Frank O’Connor International Short Story Award.  He is a recipient of a 2008 Whiting Writers’ Award and a 2009 PEN/O.  Henry Award for his story “Tell Him About Brother John.”

Manuel is the recipient of fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the New York Foundation for the Arts.  His work has appeared in numerous publications, including the New York Times, Rush Hour, Swink, Epoch, Glimmer Train, Edinburgh Review, and Boston Review, and has aired on National Public Radio’s Selected Shorts.  A native of Dinuba, California, Manuel graduated from Harvard University and received his MFA in creative writing at Cornell University.

Manuel has joined the faculty of the University of Arizona’s creative writing program as an assistant professor, and currently lives in Tucson.

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DATE & TIME:  Tuesday, April 19, 2011 at 6:30 PM

LOCATION:  Kansas City Public Library, Plaza Branch, Truman Forum, 4801 Main Street, Kansas City, Missouri 64112

ADMISSION:  This Event is Open to the public, however reservations are required to attend.  Call The Kansas City Public Library at 816-701-3407 to make reservations.  Seating is limited.  Manuel will sign Books purchased from Rainy Day Books before or at this Event.

EVENT FORMAT:  The Author will discuss his Book and career, followed by a question and answer session with the audience.  A Booksigning will follow the program.  Manuel Munoz will sign Books purchased from Rainy Day Books before or at this Event.

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Book List

What You See in the Dark (Hardcover)

By Manuel Munoz, Manuel Muoz

$23.95

ISBN-13: 9781565125339
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 3/2011

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Bakersfield, California, in the late 1950s is a dusty, quiet town too far from Los Angeles to share that city 's energy yet close enough to Hollywood to fill its citizens with the kinds of dreams they discover in the darkness of the movie theater. For Teresa, a young, aspiring singer who works at a shoe store, dreams lie in the music her mother shared with her, plaintive songs of love and longing. In Dan Watson, the most desirable young man in Bakersfield, she believes she has found someone to help her realize those dreams.
When a famous actress arrives from Hollywood with a great and already legendary director, local gossip about Teresa and Dan gives way to speculation about the celebrated visitors, there to work on what will become an iconic, groundbreaking film of madness and murder at a roadside motel. No one anticipates how the ill-fated love affair between Dan and Teresa will soon rival anything the director could ever put on the screen.
This thoroughly original work is intense and fascinating in its juxtapositions of tenderness and menace, violence and regret, played out in a town on the brink of change.

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