Jose Hernandez Díaz

Veronica Navarro

Jose Hernandez Diaz is a 2017 NEA Poetry Fellow, as well as the author of several books including "Bad Mexican, Bad American," "The Parachutist," "Portrait of the Artist as a Brown Man," and "The Lighthouse Tattoo." He has been published in The American Poetry Review, The Iowa Review, The Southern Review, The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2011 and The Best American Poetry 2025. He has taught creative writing at the University of California at Riverside and at the University of Tennessee where he was the Poet in Residence.

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Awards: National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship - Poetry

Communities: Hispanic or Latinx

Versed in Resilience: Latinx Poetry

These Latinx poets shine on and off the page with stories of culture, identity, and the deep complexities of belonging. Alberto Álvaro Ríos, Jose Hernandez Díaz and María Dolores Águila have carefully cultivated a creative space of resilience, honoring Chicano heritage in the face of adversity.

Nuestras Raíces Stage (Seats 150)  
Sat, Mar 14, 11:30 am - 12:25 pm
Nuestras Raices
Signing area: Pima County Public Library/Nuestras Raíces/Craft Tent & Signing Area (following presentation)  

Panelists: María Dolores Águila, Jose Hernandez Díaz, Alberto Ríos
Moderator: Estella Gonzalez
Sponsor: Session made possible courtesy of Pima County Public Library

Imagined Borders

Poetry allows us to ask difficult questions like: Why do we have borders? What are borders, where do they come from, and how do they shape our language? Three poets investigate these questions, challenging the borders of place, identity, genre, history, and language.

Student Union Kiva (Seats 100)  
Sun, Mar 15, 1:00 pm - 1:55 pm
Poetry
Signing area: Sales & Signing - UA Campus Store Main Floor (following presentation)  

Panelists: Susan Briante, Jose Hernandez Díaz, Logan Phillips
Moderator: Gabriel Palacios
Sponsors: Session made possible courtesy of City of Tucson, Max McCauslin and John Smith

Books:

Portrait of the Artist as a Brown Man

Poems
Poetry
Red Hen Press
May 2025
ISBN 9781636282404
80 pages
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