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Revision as of 19:43, 28 October 2009 by 71.6.126.35 (talk)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Tim Z. Hernandez (b. February 16, 1974) is an American writer, poet, and performer.
Life
Born in Dinuba, California, he was raised in the San Joaquin Valley of Central California, having lived in the predominantly farm-worker communities, including Cutler, Reedley, Dinuba, Visalia, and Fresno. In the early part of his life he was a student of painting, and exhibited his works in numerous galleries and exhibits across the west coast, before taking up writing and performance as a career. In 1999, he apprenticed with bay area master muralist Juana Alicia on a fresco buono painting titled "Santuario/ Sanctuary" located in the international wing of the San Francisco International Airport. After which he returned to Fresno and continued his writing.
His performances have been featured at the Getty Center, The Loft Literary Center, Intersection for the Arts, Stanford University, and at the Jack Kerouac School, among other venues. In 2000 he was commissioned by the United Way of Greater Los Angeles and the National Fanny Mae Foundation to write and perform an original play on homelessness and poverty. From 2001 - 2004 he was the regional program consultant with the California Council for the Humanities, where it was his job to travel to rural communities across the stretch of the San Joaquin Valley and listen to stories, of migration, and struggle. Together with these communities he developed projects that addressed each community's needs through the power of storytelling. This experience profoundly impacted his life and his writing, and he credits this period in his life as the moment his eyes were opened to the place he calls home. In 2006 and in 2009 he worked in tandem with Poets & Writers Inc. and the California Center for the Book at UCLA, offering writing workshops to marginalized communities across the state of California.
He studied at the first accredited Buddhist institute in the west, Naropa University. He lives in Boulder, Colorado with his wife and children.
Awards
- 2006 American Book Award for Skin Tax
- 2006 Zora Neal Hurston Award for Diaries of a Macho
- 2003 Best Solo Production Award,
- 2003 James Duval Phelan Award by the San Francisco Foundation
Works
Poetry
- Skin Tax. Berkeley: Heyday Books. October 2004. ISBN 9781890771935.
Audio CD
- Raza Spoken Here Vol. 3 (Audio CD, Calaca Press. 2006)
- The Central Chakrah Project: A Spoken Word Cura, (Audio CD, Arte Americas)
Anthologies
- Mosaic Voices Anthology (Poppy Lane Publishing)
- Ram’s Tale Anthology ( Fresno City College)
- Flies, Cockroaches, and Poets Anthology ’02 (Chicano Writers & Artists Association)
- Highway 99: A Literary Journey Through California's Great Central Valley. Great Valley Books/Heyday Books. 2007. ISBN 9781597140676.
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References
- http://www.naropa.edu/news/pressreleases/0801hernan.cfm
- http://www.unco.edu/colopoets/poets/hernandez_tim/