While all three authors have roots in El Paso, Texas, a town familiar to anyone interested in the Borderlands, each author writes from a unique perspective, giving new light to the familiar.
| Where: | Nuestras Raíces Stage (Seats 150)    |
| When: | Sat, Mar 15, 4:00 pm - 4:55 pm |
| Signing area: | Pima County Public Library/Nuestras Raíces/Craft Tent & Signing Area (following presentation)
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| Genre: | Nuestras Raices |
| Moderator: | Anna O'Leary |
| Sponsor: | Session made possible courtesy of Pima County Public Library |
Tim Z. Hernandez is an award-winning author, research scholar and performer. He writes fiction, nonfiction and poetry, and is the recipient of numerous awards, including the American Book Award. His work has been published internationally, and in 2018 the California Senate honored his work locating the victims of the 1948 plane wreck at Los Gatos, which is chronicled in his books, "All They Will Call You" and "They Call You Back....
Richard Parker is an award-winning journalist and author who writes about the American Southwest for The New York Times and other publications. His new book, "The Crossing," looks at the origin story of the Southwest and El Paso....
Cristina Devereaux Ramírez is a professor of English and has served as Head of the English Department for three years. She teaches and mentors graduate and undergraduate students of English in the RCTE graduate program....
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