Lunch and Learn returns with special guest Tim Z. Hernandez in conversation with the Prince George's County Office o f Human Rights and the Prince George's County Memorial Library System disc ussing his book\, "They Call You Back: A Lost History\, A Search\, A Memoi r."
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About the Book:
A haunting\, an obsession\, a \;cal ling: Tim Z. Hernandez has been searching for people his whole life. Now\, in this highly anticipated memoir\, he takes us along on an investigative odyssey through personal and collective history to uncover the surprising conjunctions that bind our stories together. Hernandez's mission to find the families of the twenty-eight Mexicans who were killed in the 1948 plan e wreck at Los Gatos Canyon formed the basis for his acclaimed documentary novel All \;They \;Will \;Call \;You\, which The San Fran cisco Chronicle dubbed "a stunning piece of investigative journalism\," an d The New York Times hailed as "painstaking detective work by a writer who is the descendent of farmworkers." In this riveting new work\, Hernandez continues his search for the plane crash victims while also turning the le ns on himself and his ancestral past\, revealing the tumultuous and deeply intimate experiences that have fueled his investigations--a lifelong jour ney haunted by memory\, addiction\, generational trauma\, and the spirit w orld. \;They \;Call \;You \;Back \;is the true chronic le of one man's obsession to restore dignity to an undignified chapter in America's past\, while at the same time making a case for why we must heal our personal wounds if we are ever to heal our political ones. ~From the catalog \;
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About the author: \;
\nTim Z. Hernandez is an a ward winning author\, investigative researcher\, performer\, and documenta ry filmmaker. As a writer\, his work includes poetry\, novels\, historical fiction\, memoir\, and screenplays\, many of which have received internat ional acclaim. His work has been featured in the \;Los Angeles Times\, \;the New York Times\, \;C-Span\, and highlighted in NPR&rsquo\;s \;Latino USA\, \;All Things Considered \;and \;Alt.Latino . In 2013\, \;Public Radio International \;hailed his book\, "Ma&n tilde\;ana Means Heaven\," as a Book of the Year\, and in 2011 he was sele cted among the &ldquo\;New American Poets&rdquo\; by the Poetry Society of America.
\nHis debut collection of poetry\, "Skin Tax" received the American Book Award\, and his debut novel\, "Breathing\, In Dust" receive d the 2010 Premio Aztlan Prize. His second collection of poetry\, "Natural Takeover of Small Things" \; received the 2014 Colorado Book Award\, and his novel\, "Mañ\;ana Means Heaven\," received the 2014 Internat ional Latino Book Award in historical fiction. His book\, "All They Will C all You\," is a genre bending work of non-fiction based on the song by Woo dy Guthrie\, &ldquo\;Deportee (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos).&rdquo\; This boo k is the first installment of \;the plane crash series. The second ins tallment\, "They Call You Back\," a memoir based on his search\, was relea sed Fall 2024. His most recent collection of poetry\, &ldquo\;Some of the Light: New &\; Selected Poems&rdquo\; was released with \;Beacon Pr ess (2023)\, for which he was featured in \;People Magazine. \;
\nOn January 29\, 2018\, Hernandez was honored by the \;California State Senate in a recognition ceremony \;that took place at the state capital in Sacramento\, Ca. The ceremony included the families of the vic tims of the plane crash at Los Gatos\, as well as folk icon Joan Baez. As a performer\, he has collaborated with various troupes\, theater ensembles \, and artists\, and has performed in spaces such as Theaterwork in Santa Fe\, Dixon Place in NYC\, and The Getty Center in Los Angeles. \;He&rs quo\;s lent his poetry and voice to music albums\, performing and recordin g with acclaimed musicians\, such as jazz legend and composer\, \;Davi d Amram\, latin jazz/ hip-hop group \;40 Watt Hype\, folk rocker \ ;Johnny Irion\, bluesman \;Lance Canales\, and \;Grammy Award winn ing classical composer \;Eugene Freisen.
\nSince 2007-2016\, he collaborated with Poets &\; Writers Inc. teaching creative writing work shops across the west coast\, and from 2010-14 he was the state-wide coord inator for Colorado Writers-in-the-Schools with focus on rural\, under-ser ved communities\, teaching creative writing to grades K-12. Since 2015 he has been the co-host for the popular literary radio program \;Words on a Wire KTEP 88.5fm\, the NPR affiliate for the borderlands\, and he is a frequent guest artist at Universities\, cultural institutions\, and litera ry centers across the United States and internationally. \;
\nHe rnandez holds an M.F.A. from Bennington College in Vermont\, and a B.A. in Writing &\; Literature from Naropa University\, the first accredited B uddhist University in the United States. He is currently an Associate Prof essor in the \;University of Texas El Paso&rsquo\;s Bilingual M.F.A. i n Creative Writing program\, \;and he lives in El Paso\, Texas with hi s two children.
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