While both of these authors have roots in El Paso, a town familiar to anyone interested in the Borderlands, authors Tim Z. Hernandez and Cristina D. Ramirez both have a unique perspective ... giving new light to the familiar. (Unfortunately, Richard Parker will no longer be able to participate in this session as originally planned.)
| 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....
Cristina Devereaux Ramírez is the author of three books, the latest being "A Story of Stories: The Texas Border Barrio Life and Writings of Doña Ramona González." She also published "Occupying Our Space: The Mestiza Rhetorics of Mexican Women Journalists and Activists, 1887–1942," and a bilingual anthology of Mexican women writers called "Mestiza Rhetorics: An Anthology of Mexicana Activism in the Spanish Language Press, 1875-1922....
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