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Author Talk: Héctor Tobar
Season 2023
Episode 9
Tobar is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and novelist. He is the author of the critically-acclaimed bestseller “Deep Down Dark” as well as “The Barbarian Nurseries,” “Translation Nation” and “The Tattooed Soldier.” His newest release, “Our Migrant Souls: A Meditation on Race and the Meanings and Myths of 'Latino'," decodes the meaning of “Latino” as a racial and ethnic identity in the USA.
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