Release date: March 12, 2003

Contact: Frances Weyand, Director of Media Relations, 770-423-6203 or fweyand@kennesaw.edu

Third Annual Contemporary Literature and Writing Conference

As part of Kennesaw State University's celebration of the Year of Mexico, this year's conference features authors with a connection to Mexico including Ambar Past, founder of Woodlander's Workshop, a center for creative arts in Chiapas, Mexico; Elena Poniatowska, winner of numerous national awards for journalism and literature; and Victor Villaseñor, screenwriter and author of the critically acclaimed bestseller "Rain of Gold."

Conference events are free and open to the public.

For more information visit the conference Web site http://www.kennesaw.edu/english/clwc or call 770-423-6297.

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