Arts & Entertainment
Taco USA Author Gustavo Arellano to Visit Cypress Park Library
A social media interaction lured the bestselling author to Cypress Park.
Award winning Chicano author Gustavo Arellano--whose work includes the nationally syndicated column ¡Ask a Mexican! and a book of the same name--will visit the on Thursday, June 7 to discuss his latest book, Taco U.S.A.
Arellano's column has a weekly circulation of over 2 million and in appears in 39 publications nationwide. Taco U.S.A. looks into how Mexican food rose to prominence in the United States.
A native of Orange County, Arellano works as the editor the OC Weekly, an alternative newspaper. In 2006 and 2008, ¡Ask a Mexican! won the Association of Alternative Weeklies award for Best Column.
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Cypress Park Library staff member Art Meza told Patch that he persuaded Arellano to come to the area after he Tweeted a picture of a box filled with copies of Taco U.S.A.
"He tweeted 'What should I do with this box of my new book?' I replied 'donate one to Cypress Park,'" Meza said. "He said 'have me speak there and I will.'"
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Arellano is scheduled to appear at the library located at 1150 Cypress Ave. on Thursday, June 7 from 6-7:30 p.m. For those who cannot attend in person, the event will be streamed live at livestream.com/cypressparklibrary.
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