Central Valley Poet T.Z. Hernandez to perform in Noveltown 'Stories From Dust' literary event at Russo's Books - By N.L. Belardes

Matildakay has a new blog she’s writing just for Noveltown. She’s put her narrative chick flick spin on promotional writing, and it’s hilarious. Check out her first issue, titled, “Noveltown partners with BIFF”. She wrote the goods about the June 23-24th Bakersfield independent film event that was just held at the Spotlight Theatre. She’s about to post another on Wednesday’s literary/poetry event, “Stories from Dust” (June 28th) that’s being put on by Noveltown and is supported by Poets & Writers Inc., Bakotopia, MÁS Magazine, Russo's Poets, Russo's Books, and Cerro Coso's Metamorphoses Journal. That’s at Russo’s Books in the Marketplace from 7-9 PM and features T.Z. Hernandez, storytelling, Matt Munoz of Mento Buru with song and storytelling, poets galore, and more.


Heyday Books literary/poets workshop in Merced


T.Z. Hernandez

Although I was sad to miss the recent Chicana Book Club Ana Castillo event, and it was probably pretty cool, T.Z. Hernandez is coming to town. (read Castillo's blog, she writes about Bakersfield)

Tim Z. Hernandez is a performance artist and poet. He grew up at various places in the Central Valley but now resides in Colorado. You can read all about him in this week’s edition of MÁS Magazine where he granted them a cool interview ("Writer to Share Central Valley Experiences Through Poetry")


MÁS Magazine cover mentions Noveltown event




Get to know T.Z.

As for me, I first met T.Z. at the Great Valley Books Writers Conference in Merced, California (Hear about the event on the Buck City Podcast #34. Includes an interview with T.Z.). He was giving a poetry workshop at the Merced Cultural Arts Center. I sat in his workshop and learned about how T.Z. interprets the space around to write what he sometimes calls the non-poem. He had his class do the same… they wandered outside to experiment with their levels of awareness. They thought and reached with their entire bodies into surrounding space to feel and experience what they could put into words. It was a blessing of an experience and I’m sure you will get even more from T.Z while he performs in Bakersfield with a poem or two from his Heyday Books title, Skin Tax.


Reflecting on an anyday poetic experience


Music and poetry and thought

Support the arts and come June 28th, this Wednesday to Russo's at the Marketplace and meet T.Z. Hernandez and other local artists. Copies of the inaugural Metamorphoses will be given away and you can purchase copies of Skin Tax as well as the Russo's Poets book, "On Any Given Wednesday" (poets will be performing from this group!)


What is your poetry and literary awareness?

And you can even get a copy of Lords: Part One. Unless you don't like scary books about Bakersfield...

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