TANA Literary Series: Tim Z. Hernandez & Michael Medrano (May 13th, 2011)

TANA Literary Series: May 2011, Michael Luis Medrano & Tim Z. Hernandez

On May 13th, 2011, TANA held its first series of literary readings featuring the writers, Michael Luis Medrano and Tim Z. Hernandez. The reading was well attended and featured storytelling from Medrano’s collective of peotry titled “Born in the Cavity of Sunsets” and from Hernandez’s novel “Breathing, In Dust.”

Tim Z. Hernandez’s book “Breathing, In Dust” was published by Texas Tech University Press in 2010 and recently won the Premio Aztlan, a national literary award administered by the University of New Mexico. His book can be bought online at the following link: http://www.amazon.com/Breathing-Dust-Americas-Texas-Tech/dp/089672672X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1306173139&sr=8-1

Michael Luis Medrano’s book of peotry titled “Born in the Cavity of Sunsets” was published by Bilingual Press at the Arizona State University. His book can be bought online at the following link: http://www.amazon.com/Born-Cavity-Sunsets-Michael-Medrano/dp/1931010668/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1306173215&sr=1-1

Tim Z. Hernandez performs stories for the audience at TANA
Michael Medrano reads poems from his book "Born in the Cavity of Sunsets"

Published by TANA

TANA: Taller Arte del Nuevo Amanecer is a community based art center managed by the Chicana/o Studies Department at the University of California, Davis. TANA is located at 1224 Lemen Avenue in Woodland, California.

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