TRAVELS (and more) WITH CECILIA BRAINARD: Lunch with Southern Writer, Eve La Salle Caram

Saturday, May 10, 2014

Lunch with Southern Writer, Eve La Salle Caram

I had a lovely lunch with the writer, Eve La Salle Caram, at El Caserio in Silverlake.
Eve is the author of five novels, including those in TRIO, A Corpus Christi Trilogy and the interconnected duo of The Blue Geography and Wintershine.

Eve and I teach at the Writers' Program, UCLA Extension, where we became friends. She also teaches at Los Angeles City College, Cal State Northridge, and has conducted private workshops in Rome as well as in Los Angeles.

We had a marvelous time talking about writing and mutual friends, and oh, the food at El Caserio was quite good. They claim to have South American and Italian cuisine. My favorite is their lengua (tongue) with a lovely red sauce; Eve had linguine with clams. And the desserts were so pretty, I had to take pictures of them.

I visited Eve at her place and we were delighted to see wild ducks in her pool, although I'm afraid they'll have to leave -- we are hoping they'll be fine.

Mother's Day this weekend, dear Readers, don't forget the Mothers in your lives!

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tags: writers, authors, literature, Texas, Los Angeles, California, writing, novelists, fiction

This is all for now,
Cecilia

Cecilia Manguerra Brainard

Cecilia Manguerra Brainard's official website is ceciliabrainarddotcom. She is the award-winning author and editor of 22 books, including When the Rainbow Goddess Wept, The Newspaper Widow, Magdalena, Selected Stories, Vigan and Other Stories, and more. She edited Growing Up Filipino 1, 2, & 3, Fiction by Filipinos in America, Contemporary Fiction by Filipinos in America, and other books.. Her work has been translated into Finnish and Turkish; and many of her stories and articles have been widely anthologized. Cecilia has received many awards, including a California Arts Council Fellowship in Fiction, a Brody Arts Fund Award, a Special Recognition Award for her work dealing with Asian American youths, as well as a Certificate of Recognition from the California State Senate, 21st District, and the Outstanding Individual Award from her birth city, Cebu, Philippines. She has lectured and performed at UCLA, USC, University of Connecticut, University of the Philippines, PEN, Shakespeare & Company in Paris, and many others. She has served in the Board of literary arts groups such as PEN, PAWWA (Pacific Asian American Writers West), among others.