Love Medicine by Louise Erdrich

What’s on the CG’s Bookshelf? Love Medicine by Louise Erdrich

This month’s book is “Love Medicine” by award-winning author Louise Erdrich.  Erdrich won the 2015 Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction “for [portraying] her fellow Native Americans as no contemporary American novelist ever has, exploring—in intimate and fearless ways—the myriad cultural challenges that indigenous and mixed-race Americans face.”  “Love Medicine,” the first of Erdrich’s ...
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By | 1 November, 2016 | Topics: Amsterdam, Consul General, Culture, Featured Event | Tags: , , , ,

Ms Cabrera reading The House on Mango Street

CG’s Bookshelf October: The House on Mango Street, Sandra Cisneros

Sandra Cabrera, spouse of CG McCawley, and a proud U.S. citizen of Colombian descent, introduces this month’s book, “The House on Mango Street”, by Mexican-American author Sandra Cisneros. In her 1984 novel, Cisneros chronicles the life of Esperanza Cordero, a young Latina girl coming of age in a poor Chicago neighborhood. This beloved book has ...
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By | 1 October, 2016 | Topics: Amsterdam, Consul General, Culture | Tags: , ,

Amsterdam in Business Meeting

Amsterdam in Business Networking

CG McCawley met with Amstelveen Mayor Mirjam van ‘t Veld and others at the Amsterdam in Business networking event at the iconic A’DAM tower. Are you a U.S. company looking to set up an office here? Click the link to learn more about what the metropolitan area is doing to attract investors and new business
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By | 29 September, 2016 | Topics: Amsterdam, Business, Consul General | Tags: , , , ,

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