Talking Volumes Presents a Spring Special with Author Isabel Allende

Mar 18, 2013

Talking Volumes presents a spring special with author Isabel Allende and her new book Maya's Notebook on Wednesday, May 8 at 7 p.m. Now in its 13th season, the series invites booklovers to hear acclaimed authors discuss their latest books with Kerri Miller, host of The Daily Circuit on Minnesota Public Radio News.

About the author: Isabel Allende is the author of ten works of fiction, four memoirs, and three young adult novels, which have been translated into more than twenty-seven languages with more than fifty-seven millions copies sold. Two of her novels were made into major motion pictures. In 2004 she was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Allende is the 2012 recipient of the Hans Christian Andersen Literature Award. Born in Peru and raised in Chile, she lives in California.

About Maya's Notebook: Abandoned and neglected by her parents, 19-year-old Maya Vidal has grown up in a rambling old house in Berkeley with her grandparents. Her grandmother, Nidia, affectionately known as Nini, is a force of nature -- willful and outspoken, unconventionally wise with a mystical streak, and fiercely protective -- a woman whose formidable strength helped her build a new life after emigrating from Chile in 1973 with her young son, Maya's father. Maya's grandfather Popo, an African-American astronomer and professor, is a gentle man whose solid, comforting presence helps calm the turbulence of Maya's adolescence. When Popo dies of cancer, Maya goes completely off the rails. With her girlfriends -- a tight circle known as the vampires -- she turns to drugs, alcohol, and petty crime, a downward spiral that eventually bottoms out in Las Vegas.

WHEN: Wednesday, May 8, 2013, 7 p.m.

WHERE: The Fitzgerald Theater, 10 E. Exchange St., St. Paul

TICKETS: Tickets are $25 and $23 for MPR, Star Tribune Talking Volumes Club and The Loft Literary Center members. Tickets go on sale on Tuesday, March 19.

Tickets can be purchased through The Fitzgerald Theater Box Office at 651-290-1200.

About the Host
Kerri Miller is the host of The Daily Circuit on Minnesota Public Radio News. She joined Minnesota Public Radio in June 2004 as host of Minnesota Public Radio's Midmorning and Talking Volumes. She has been a radio and television news reporter since 1981. She has won numerous awards, including the Society of Professional Journalists National Achievement Award, Minnesota Broadcasters Award, the Associated Press Award and a Gracie award from the Association of Women in Radio and Television.

About Talking Volumes
Talking Volumes, a partnership of Minnesota Public Radio and the Star Tribune, in collaboration with The Loft Literary Center, is a winner of the prestigious Gracie Allen Award. Talking Volumes was noted for its superior quality in writing, production and programming. The program spotlights books with feature articles, live broadcasts with the author, in-person readings and discussions, and more.