Daisy Hernández (born May 23, 1975) is a writer and editor in the United States. She coedited the essay collection Colonize This! Young Women of Color on Today's Feminism (Seal Press, 2002), and in 2014 published A Cup of Water Under My Bed, a memoir about growing up queer in a Colombian-Cuban family.[1] Hernández is an assistant professor at Northwestern University.
Daisy Hernández | |
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| Born | May 23, 1975 |
| Occupation | Writer/editor |
| Language | English |
| Nationality | American |
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From 2008 to 2010, Hernández edited ColorLines, where she began working as a senior writer in 2004. On January 12, 2011, the NPR program All Things Considered broadcast her commentary on the 2011 Arizona shooting.[2] Conservatives critiqued the piece for its use of the word gringo.[3][4][5]
"Becoming a Black Man",[6] her article about the experiences of black trans men, was nominated in 2009 for a GLAAD Media Award in the category of "Outstanding Magazine Article".[7][8] In 2015, she was named one of the two winners of the Lambda Literary Foundation's "Betty Berzon Emerging Writer Award" at the 27th Lambda Literary Awards.[9]
Hernández's latest book, The Kissing Bug, documents the prevalence of Chagas disease in the United States.[10][11] In February 2022, The Kissing Bug was one of the three books selected for the inaugural version of Science Literature program created by the National Book Foundation and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to highlight "diversity of voices in contemporary science and technology writing".[12] She was a finalist at the 2021 New American Voices Award by the Institute for Immigration Research in US for her book - The Kissing Bug.[13]
Books
edit- 2021 The Kissing Bug: A True Story of a Family, an Insect, and a Nation's Neglect of a Deadly Disease, TinHouse.
- 2014 A Cup of Water Under My Bed: A Memoir, Beacon Press.
- 2002 Colonize This! Young Women of Color on Today's Feminism, Seal Press (co-edited with Bushra Rehman).
References
edit- ^ Wade, Julie Marie (26 December 2014). "The Rumpus Interview with Daisy Hernández". Rumpus. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
- ^ Hernandez, Daisy. "Across America, Latino Community Sighs With Relief". NPR.org. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
- ^ Shepard, Alicia C. "Is the Word "Gringo" Offensive Or Just Distracting?". NPR.org. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
- ^ "NPR injects racial vitriol into stories," O'Reilly Factor Flash, Jan. 17, 2011.
- ^ "Is 'Gringo' Like The N-Word? NPR Under Attack," The Young Turks, Jan. 19, 2011.
- ^ Hernández, Daisy (7 January 2008). "Becoming a Black Man". ColorLines. Retrieved 8 June 2015.
- ^ "GLAAD Media Awards". GLAAD. Archived from the original on 2015-09-27.
- ^ "GLAAD announces TV, film noms," Variety.com, Jan. 26, 2009.
- ^ "Upcoming: Pride 5K; Comics; Brave Face; Lambda Literary awards; HER app". Windy City Times, May 12, 2015.
- ^ Hernández, Daisy (2021). The Kissing Bug: A True Story of a Family, an Insect, and a Nation's Neglect of a Deadly Disease. TinHouse. ISBN 978-1-951142-52-0.
- ^ Iglesias, Gabino (May 27, 2021). "A deadly bug bite, a family's heartache". Boston Globe. Retrieved June 11, 2021.
- ^ "The National Book Foundation and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation announced the inaugural selected titles for the Science Literature program". National Book Foundation. 2022-02-09. Retrieved 2022-02-14.
- ^ "The New American Voices Award". Institute for Immigration Research. Retrieved 2024-11-07.
External links
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Further reading
edit- De Leon, Celina (27 April 2007). "Daisy Hernández: Examining the Color Line". Feministing. Retrieved 8 June 2015.
- Harper-Bisso, Susan (May 2008). "Book Review: Colonize This!: Young Women of Color on Today's Feminism" (PDF). Journal of International Women's Studies. 9 (3): 360–362. Retrieved 8 June 2015.