What the Festival of Books means to its authors, as told by Pulitzer winner Héctor Tobar
What the Festival of Books means to its authors, as told by Pulitzer winner Héctor Tobar
- April 26, 2025
- Héctor Tobar, Chicano/Latino studies and literary journalism, LAist, April 26, 2025
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Author and journalist Héctor Tobar has participated in the L.A. Times Festival of Books since 1999. … On top of being a writer, Tobar is a professor of English, literary journalism, and Chicano/Latino studies at UC Irvine. His students — and their stories — figure strongly throughout his most recent book, Our Migrant Souls: A Meditation on Race and the Meanings and Myths of ‘Latino.’ The author said he learns as much from his students as they do from him. “Every quarter is a new lesson,” he told LAist. “Every assignment is an education for me.”
For the full story, please visit https://laist.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/la-times-festival-of-books-hector-tobar-percival-everett.
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