Nicaraguan Author to Appear at CSU Channel Islands

Gioconda Belli will recall her days as a Sandinista revolutionary as she reads from her acclaimed memoir on May 6.

Camarillo, Calif., April 21, 2003 - Award-winning Nicaraguan poet, novelist, and political activist Gioconda Belli will read from The Country Under My Skin, her memoir of her life as a Sandinista revolutionary, at California State University Channel Islands on Tuesday, May 6, at 7 p.m.

Born into an upper-class family, Belli came of age during the Nicaraguan Revolution. Her memoir, named a "Best Book" by the Los Angeles Times, is a lush account of the dichotomies between her birthright and the life she has chosen, between motherhood and activism, the failures and triumphs of the Revolution, and much more.

Alice McGrath, a Ventura activist, will introduce the author. A book-signing will follow the reading in the Petit Salon at Cal State Channel Islands. For more information, call (805) 437-8400.