Tim Z. Hernandez

Tim Z. Hernandez is a writer and performer originally from Central California's San Joaquin Valley. His performances have been featured at Los Angeles' Getty Center Museum, the Loft Literary Center in Minneapolis, San Francisco's Intersection for the Arts, Stanford University, and the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics. He is the recipient of several notable awards, including the American Book Award for his debut collection of poetry Skin Tax, the Zora Neale Hurston Award, and the James Duval Phelan Award from the San Francisco Foundation.