Author of Our Migrant Souls (MCD/FSG) and 5 more books, including The Tattooed Soldier, Deep Down Dark. Guggenheim Fellow. UC Irvine prof. Dad. IG: tobarhector
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On 10/12, join us for #LIVEfromNYPL with the Pulitzer Prize–winning writer @TobarWriter & Alejandro Varela as they discuss the complicated story of the historical and social forces that define Latino identity. Register now to join in person or online: on.nypl.org/3Q4ASs8
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Be sure to tune in tonight at 8:00 PM ET to hear from @TobarWriter. His newest release, “Our Migrant Souls: A Meditation on Race and the Meanings and Myths of ‘Latino,’” is being featured as part of our partnership with the @librarycongress #NatBookFest. See you there!
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TOMORROW (6/21) @ 7pm — Pulitzer Prize winner Héctor Tobar (@TobarWriter) visits our Tempe store with OUR MIGRANT SOULS, a meditation on race and the meanings and myths of "Latino."
Free event 👉 bit.ly/TobarTempe
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Join Pulitzer Prize-winner @TobarWriter in conversation with @WhitingFdn Literary Award-winner @CarriFragoza discussing his first nonfiction book in nearly a decade, "Our Migrant Souls: A Meditation on Race and the Meanings and Myths of 'Latino': LFLA.org/Tobar
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6/9 @ 7pm — @TobarWriter journeys across the country to expose something truer about the meaning of "Latino" in the twenty-first century in OUR MIGRANT SOULS.
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been delaying buying this book (too many on nightstand!) but this sealed the deal – at Pomona, CA
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TODAY: @AltaJournal contributing editor @GustavoArellano interviews prior CBC author @TobarWriter at @ChevaliersBooks!
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"OUR MIGRANT SOULS is one of the most important pieces of Latino nonfiction in several decades. Turning the last page, you will feel the weight of history on your shoulders." (@bookpage, starred review 🌟) OUR MIGRANT SOULS by @TobarWriter is out 5/9 bookpage.com/reviews/our-mig…
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"'God Went Like That' reads like a culmination, and a watershed, in a mature career that is clearly hitting an exciting new stride." Ricardo L. Ortiz (@cubanoidprof) reviews Yxta Maya Murray’s new novel. lareviewofbooks.org/article/…
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Annie Ernaux? Finally, the Nobel Committee gets it completely right. An astonishing writer. I've loved her work for 30 years.
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Join the @CalBookClub for their last event of the year on Thursday, December 16 at 5pm PT to hear author @TobarWriter discuss his incredible novel, "The Barbarian Nurseries," with @FreemanReads. Sign up: trib.al/yFlYYHg
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#SolidarityIsBeautiful and necessary because an injury to one is an injury to all. @UCAFT lecturers are building a movement for improved working conditions and job security. Thanks for supporting our cause @AFSCMELocal3299 @UAWUCLA @magalintzin @TobiasHigbie @LuceCaroline
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As I drove across the US, I felt as though I were watching different parts of my story unfold. I saw my ambitious father, my cheeky mother, and my angry conservative relatives. No Latino person was a stranger.
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Join us and @skylightbooks on June 30 for this virtual event celebrating Issue 120.
Featuring @TobarWriter, Sheryl Luna, Kate Reed Petty, and @dmdesigninc.
RSVP here: crowdcast.io/e/skylit-zyzzyv…
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Deadline to apply for the @commofwriters is fast approaching, folx. Thrilled to be on staff w/ the likes of @JanetFitch323, @TobarWriter, @tiphanieyanique, @vanessa_hua, @reaganart, @ovillalon, and so many others! So...apply! bit.ly/3cnlDWg
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Latest episode of our podcast is live now!
@TobarWriter & @ovillalon discussing Héctor Tobar's novel, The Last Great Road Bum, published by @fsgbooks.
Listen and subscribe on your device for more each week.
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25 days! 25 panels!
The @latimesbooks Festival of Books is going digital this year, and @TobarWriter is in conversation with Marilynne Robinson this Thursday.
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Héctor Tobar’s (@TobarWriter) ‘Deep Down Dark’ is the riveting, true account of what 33 miners faced during the 69 days they spent trapped underground, as the world above watched the struggle to free them.
#BookOfTheDay: on.nypl.org/341Iqnx
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What county in the United States has the highest rate of tax audits? Humphreys County in rural Mississippi, where three-quarters of the population is Black and more than one-third lives below the poverty line. nyti.ms/34EvYJy
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“I wanted the accomplishment of my novel to be that it brought the Central American aesthetic, the Central American reality, into a Midwestern home.”
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