DAVID HERNANDEZ

For over thirty years David Hernandez has continued to impress audiences with his singular poetic style. Centering his work on the rhythms of urban life, Hernandez captures universal themes inside a humorous and resonating voice. David Hernandez has been rewarded with considerable critical recognition. His road to semi-official poetic status has been public and well traveled. He was a 1st recipient of the Gwendolyn Brooks Outstanding Poet Of Illinois Award and has received grants and recognitions from the National Endowment Of The Arts, the Council Of Christians and Jews, The Chicago Symphony Museum, The Chicago Humanities Council, The Illinois State Library, the Illinois Arts Council and the Chicago Department Of Cultural Affairs. His poems have appeared in numerous anthologies, periodicals and newspapers including Red Hot Salsa, edited by Lori Marie Carlson and introduced by Oscar Hijuelos, Heretics and Myth Makers, Unsettling America, The Illinois Poets, The Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun Times and After Hours magazine. He has several books of poetry: Despertando/Waking Up, Rooftop Piper, Elvis Is Dead But At Least He's Not Gaining Any Weight, Satin City Lullaby and The Urban Poems published by Fractal Edge Press. His various recordings with his group 'David Hernandez & Street Sounds' include "Satin City Serenade", "Immigrants/Liquid Thoughts", and "Armitage Street" The poet is presently working out of his Blue Line studio where he lives, writes, conducts writing classes, organizes shows and exhibits and performs with his group.

His works include:

Despertando/Waking Up

Elvis Is Dead But At Least He's Not Gaining Any Weight

Rooftop Piper, (Tia Chucha Press), 1991

With Streetsounds, Satin City Serenade - CD,
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The Urban Poems, (Fractal Edge Press), 2004
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