Three poets - Jose Hernandez Díaz, m.s. RedCherries (Northern Cheyenne Nation), and Leo Romero - discuss themes of Latine and Indigenous identity and inheritance in their work.
| Where: | Nuestras Raíces Stage (Seats 150)    |
| When: | Sun, Mar 16, 4:00 pm - 4:55 pm |
| Signing area: | Pima County Public Library/Nuestras Raíces/Craft Tent & Signing Area (following presentation)
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| Genres: | Nuestras Raices, Poetry |
| Moderator: | Estella Gonzalez |
| Sponsor: | Session made possible courtesy of Pima County Public Library |
Jose Hernandez Diaz is a 2017 NEA Poetry Fellow. He is the author of "The Fire Eater," "Bad Mexican," "Bad American," "The Parachutist," and "Portrait of the Artist as a Brown Man." He has been published in The American Poetry Review, The Yale Review,The Iowa Review, Huizache and other literary journals....
RedCherries received an MFA from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and a JD from Arizona State University College of Law. She is a citizen of the Northern Cheyenne Nation and lives in New York City....
Born in 1950 in Chacón, New Mexico, poet Leo Romero is considered a foundational figure of Latino letters. He holds an MA in English from New Mexico State University. Since 1988, he has been a bookseller in Santa Fe, New Mexico....
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