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November 2022

Dr. Irene Blea, PhD

Dr. Irene Blea obtained her Ph. D. in Sociology from the University of Colorado-Boulder and taught at Metropolitan State College throughout the 1980s. The award winning poet, scholar and author is credited with defining the curriculum in Chicano and Chicana Studies. Dr. Blea was the first female National Chairperson of the National Association of Chicano Studies. Two of her textbooks, Toward a Chicano Social Science and La Chicana, are considered Classics in the field of race and gender relations. retirement as a Tenured, Full Professor and Chairperson of the first Department of Mexican American Studies at California State University-Los Angles she published textbooks, poetry, over 50 articles, and one play.

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Meet our CALMA Published Authors at Book Signings and Writing Events

Mark your calendar.

You are invited to a Book Launch Party!

Saturday, November 5th

4 p.m. at the BookBar

4280 Tennyson Street in Denver

We are excited to announce that Mario Acevedo will host his Book Launch Party at the BookBar for his newly released: Cats In Quarantine: A Cartoon Memoir of the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Mario's book received a Starred Review from Kirkus Reviews.

Read the Starred Review