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Mateo who, along with Franklin Gutierrez, will offer a panel on the life and works of Ramon Marrero Aristy (1913-1959), acclaimed novelist, journalist and historian. Dominican poet, Basilio Belliard , who is also a GFDD and FUNGLODE collaborator, will also travel from the DR to talk about Dominican poetry. <\/P><br \/>\n<P class=quote style=\"BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 1px solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; WIDTH: 30%; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 1px solid; FLOAT: right; PADDING-BOTTOM: 8px; PADDING-TOP: 8px; PADDING-LEFT: 8px; MARGIN: 20px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 8px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: whitesmoke\">Some of the special guests invited by the Dominican Commission of Culture include Abril Troncoso, C\u00e9sar Zapata, Eddy Mateo V\u00e1squez, Efra\u00edn Marte, Felipe Mar\u00eda Morel, Erasmo Lara and Xiomarita P\u00e9rez, among others.<\/P><br \/>\n<P>Now in its 7th year, the Dominican Book Fair in New York is an annual event that celebrates the literary contributions of Dominican authors, both in the Dominican Republic and the United States. The Book Fair is a celebration with music, theater, cinema, arts and crafts, paintings, dance and other cultural manifestations.<\/P><br \/>\n<P>As one of the most important cultural event of and by Dominicans living abroad, this year\u2019s Book Fair will pay tribute to Dominican writers living in Illinois. Well-known writers Rafael Nu\u00f1ez and Jochy Herrera will lead that delegation.<\/P><br \/>\n<P>Boricua College, Manhattan campus, is located at 3755 Broadway, New York, NY 10032. <\/P><br \/>\n<P><STRONG>Jose Rafael Lantigua at Cervantes Institute Sept 26<\/STRONG><\/P><br \/>\n<P>Leading up to the Book Fair and as part of their \u201cDominican Get-Togethers in the Big Apple,\u201d the GFDD in collaboration with FUNGLODE&#8217;s <EM>Revista Global<\/EM> and Dominican Commission of Culture, will be hosting the outstanding Dominican writer and cultural figure, Jose Rafael Lantigua, who will be speaking at the Cervantes Institute on September 26 from 6:00-9:00 pm. <\/P><br \/>\n<P>The evening &#8211; free of charge, all are welcome &#8211; will be an opportunity for the general public to meet this distinguished writer and former Dominican Minister of Culture, who has extensive political and literary experience both at the national and international levels.<BR>The Cervantes Institute is at 211 E. 49th St. NYC. Phone: (212) 308-7720<\/P><br \/>\n<P>For more information: <A href=\"http:\/\/www.dominicangettogethers.org\/\">www.dominicangettogethers.org<\/A> <BR>or email: <A href=\"mailto:margaret@globalfoundationdd.org\">margaret@globalfoundationdd.org<\/A><\/P><\/TD><\/TR><\/TBODY><\/TABLE><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GFDD\/FUNGLODE to Participate in Upcoming Dominican Book Fair in New YorkNew York, September 3, 2013 The GFDD and FUNGLODE, will be participating in the 7th annual Dominican Book Fair at New York\u2019s Boricua College (Manhattan campus) from September 27-29. 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