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David Hernández (May 1, 1946-February 25, 2013) was a Puerto Rican poet, musician, activist, and educator in Chicago.

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Category:1946 births Category:2013 deaths Category:Singers from Chicago‎ Category:Writers from Chicago‎

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Zimmerman, Marc. "David Hernández". Facebook account of Latino Chicago Faith History / LA HISTORIA DE FE DE LATINO CHICAGO. David Hernández has figured as a major poet in the Chicago Latino literary scene from the early 1970s to this present day." ... " Bibliography

Hernández, David. Despertando. Chicago: Self-published. 1971. Collected Words for a Dusty Shelf. Chicago. Self-published. 1973.
Satin City Lullaby. Chicago: Self-published. 1987.
Roof Top Piper. Chicago: Tía Chucha Press, 1991.
Elvis Is Dead But At Least He's Not Gaining Any Weight. Chicago. Self-published. 1995.
The Urban Poems. Chicago: Fractal Edge Press. 2004. and the Street Sounds. Liquid Thoughts (vol. 1), and Immigrants (vol. 2). Chicago: Street Sounds Poetry/Music Workshop, Inc. Cassette tapes. 1988.

Schmid, Julie M. "A MELUS Interview: David Hernandez, Chicago's Unofficial Poet Laureate." In MELUS, Vol. 25, 2000.

A somewhat modified version of this article appeared as "David Hernández,' in Nicolás Kanellos, ed. The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Latino Literature, Vol. .II. Westport, CT. Greenwood Press. 2008: 556-58. A far more extended Spanish language version appears in Poetas puertorriqueños en Chicago." Puerto Rico Caribe: Zonas poéticas del trauma. Ed. Juan Duchesne Winter. Revista Iberoamericana (U. de Pittsburgh), vol V, Núm. 229. Oct.-Dic., 2009, 1003-1036—an updated/revised Spanish-language version of "Defending their Own in the Cold: Puerto Rican Poets in Chicago." Latino Studies Journal I, 3. Depaul U. (Sept., 1990): 39 58. A final Engliah-language version of the updated Spanish version appears in my book,
Defending Their Own in the Cold. The Cultural Turns of U.S. Puerto Ricans. Champaign: U. of Illinois Press, 2011. {{cite web}}: External link in |website= (help)

Schmid, Julie M. “A MELUS Interview: David Hernandez, Chicago's Unofficial Poet Laureate.” In

MELUS, Vol. 25, 2000.

Nicolás Kanellos, ed. The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Latino Literature, Vol. .II. Westport, CT. Greenwood Press. 2008: 556-58.

A far more extended Spanish language version appears in Poetas puertorriqueños en Chicago.” Puerto Rico Caribe: Zonas poéticas del trauma. Ed. Juan Duchesne Winter. Revista Iberoamericana (U. de Pittsburgh), vol V, Núm. 229. Oct.-Dic., 2009, 1003-1036—

an updated/revised Spanish-language version of “Defending their Own in the Cold: Puerto Rican Poets in Chicago." Latino Studies Journal I, 3. Depaul U. (Sept., 1990): 39 58.

Hernandez, David (2000-06-01). "A MELUS Interview: David Hernandez, Chicago's Unofficial Poet Laureate". MELUS: Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States (Interview). Interviewed by Julie M. Schmid. The Society for the Study of Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States: 147–162. doi:10.2307/468224. ISSN 0163-755X. {{cite interview}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |callsign=, |subjectlink3=, |subjectlink2=, |month=, and |program= (help)

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Reflist:

^ Obejas, Achy (2013-02-25). "Chicago poet David Hernández has died, but we are his legacy". WBEZ-FM. blog or news-blog
^ Hernandez, David. "David Hernandez: A biographical Note" (PDF) (Press release). Blue Line studio.
^ Obejas, Achy (2011-04-21). "Tag-along Apprentice Chicago poet David Hernández had a beat and Achy Obejas could dance to it". Chicago Reader.
^ "David Hernandez and the street sounds". Facebook. No URL found. Please specify a URL here or add one to Wikidata.
^ "David Hernandez". Facebook. personal Facebook page
^ "Pedestrian Poetry: David Hernandez and Street Sounds translate the city of Chicago into music". WTTW-TV.
^ "David Hernandez and Street Sounds". Chicago Tribune. short blurb only, not useful
^ "Cuarto Festival Dedication". Puerto rican Arts Alliance. obituary
^ "Literary Rock & Roll: a life tribute to David Hernandez". Guild Literary Complex. announcement of a memorial event
^ Kogan, Rick (2013-02-26). "David Hernandez: Poet of Chicago streets, classroom inspiration: A founding member of the Latino Arts Movement, Hernandez was 'our unofficial poet laureate'". Chicago Tribune.
^ "Harriet - a poestry blog: RIP David Hernández, Chicago's Unofficial Poet Laureate". Poetry Foundation. 2013-02-26. blog
^ "David Hernandez - Obituary". legacy.com. non-news obituary likely placed by family
^
Zimmerman, Marc (27 October 2011). Defending Their Own in the Cold: The Cultural Turns of U.S. Puerto Ricans (First ed.). University of Illinois Press. pp. 97–103. ISBN 978-0-252-03646-0.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
- 6+ page section devoted to this person
^
Gibson, Bob; Bender, Carole (2001). Bob Gibson: I Come For To Sing, The Stops along the Way of a Folk Music Legend (Revised ed.). Gretna: Pelican Publishing Company. ISBN 1-56554-908-2.
- Brief mentions, including multiple mentions of him playing with Michael Smith
^
Cruz, Wilfredo (2004). Images of America: Puerto Rican Chicago. Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7385-3368-1.
- quote from only mention, p. 121: "He is credited with sparking Chicago's poetry renaissance."
^
Nelson, Emmanuel S., ed. (2005). The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Multiethnic American Literature. Vol. Two: D-H. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. ISBN 0-313-33061-1.
- 2+ page bio on pages 975-977 by Colleen Kattau. Birth: May 1, 1946, Cidra, Puerto Rico. Moved to Chicago in 1955. 1957: Was a "public school student in the Humbolt Park neighborhood of Chicago...." "It was at that moment that he identified himself as a poet...."
- "In 1987 he was commissioned to write a piece for Harold washington's [mayoral] inauguration, and later to compose a poem for the city's sequicentennial which he called Satin City Lullaby."
- "The Beats, the Last Poets,, and Emily Dickenson are some he names as impacting his own writing, ... jazz singers such as Nancy Wilson inspired his improvosational and spoken word skills. He considers sculptor Julian Harr to be his master."
- Discussion of "Le Gente" ("the people") - organization with the "goal of unity among all groups in [Chicago], and to honor the diversity of neighborhood ethnicities." "[He] became La Gente's Minister of Education...."
- Influenced: Angel Figueroa (Conga player)
- Further reading: Waddell, Robert, "Poetry and the Street Sounds of a Chicago Troubador." Hispanic Arts News 178 (Winter 2001-2001): 1-5.
- (Much more)
^
Ramos-Zayas, Ana Y. (2003). National Performances: The Politics of Class, Race, and Space in Puerto Rican Chicago. The University of Chicago Press. ISBN 0-226-70358-4.
- Was kicked out of several schools. (p83-84). "The Pedro Albizu Campos High School (PACHS) ... was created in the 1970s by a group of eleven Puerto Rican students and teachers who had been expelled or fires from the local public high school." (p. 72).
- I added this as "further reading" in Pedro Albizu Campos High School
^
Title Latino Studies Journal
- Contributor DePaul University. Center for Latino Research
- Publisher DePaul University, Center for Latino Research, 1990-c2000., 1990
- Original from the University of Michigan
- Digitized Sep 17, 2008
- Volume 1 Number 3 September 1990
  - From the Table of Contents: "Puerto Rlcan Poets In Chicago 59"
  - Google snippet view from p. 47:
  - (section title) "David Hernández and His Chicago Street Poetry"
  - "The central figure in the Nosotros group, the writer who encouraged many of
    them and served as their mentor and model, was David Hernández, who has
    
    figured as a major personality and poet in the Chicago Latino scene to this"
  - Possible full article title:
  - "... Defendiendo Lo Suyo En El Frio: Puerto Rican Poets In Chicago"
  - Possible article author: Marc Zimmerman
^ Zimmerman, Marc (2014-03-18). "David Hernández: the Nuyorican Poet Chi-Town Style". El Beisman. A version of Marc Zimmerman's article on the poet, originally published in 1990, and republished here in view of Guild Complex's tribute to Hernández, March 20, 2014.

[webz-1] Obejas, Achy (2013-02-25). "Chicago poet David Hernández has died, but we are his legacy". WBEZ-FM. blog or news-blog

[humbolt-2] Hernandez, David. "David Hernandez: A biographical Note" (PDF) (Press release). Blue Line studio.

[chicagoreader-3] Obejas, Achy (2011-04-21). "Tag-along Apprentice Chicago poet David Hernández had a beat and Achy Obejas could dance to it". Chicago Reader.

[Facebook-official-4] "David Hernandez and the street sounds". Facebook. No URL found. Please specify a URL here or add one to Wikidata.

[Facebook-personal-5] "David Hernandez". Facebook. personal Facebook page

[wtty-6] "Pedestrian Poetry: David Hernandez and Street Sounds translate the city of Chicago into music". WTTW-TV.

[tribune-blurb-7] "David Hernandez and Street Sounds". Chicago Tribune. short blurb only, not useful

[praachicago-8] "Cuarto Festival Dedication". Puerto rican Arts Alliance. obituary

[guildcomplex-9] "Literary Rock & Roll: a life tribute to David Hernandez". Guild Literary Complex. announcement of a memorial event

[chicagotribune-Kogan-10] Kogan, Rick (2013-02-26). "David Hernandez: Poet of Chicago streets, classroom inspiration: A founding member of the Latino Arts Movement, Hernandez was 'our unofficial poet laureate'". Chicago Tribune.

[poetryfoundation-11] "Harriet - a poestry blog: RIP David Hernández, Chicago's Unofficial Poet Laureate". Poetry Foundation. 2013-02-26. blog

[legacy-obit-12] "David Hernandez - Obituary". legacy.com. non-news obituary likely placed by family

[Zimmerman-13] Zimmerman, Marc (27 October 2011). Defending Their Own in the Cold: The Cultural Turns of U.S. Puerto Ricans (First ed.). University of Illinois Press. pp. 97–103. ISBN 978-0-252-03646-0.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
6+ page section devoted to this person

[14] 6+ page section devoted to this person

[Gibson-14] Gibson, Bob; Bender, Carole (2001). Bob Gibson: I Come For To Sing, The Stops along the Way of a Folk Music Legend (Revised ed.). Gretna: Pelican Publishing Company. ISBN 1-56554-908-2.
Brief mentions, including multiple mentions of him playing with Michael Smith

[16] Brief mentions, including multiple mentions of him playing with Michael Smith

[Cruz-15] Cruz, Wilfredo (2004). Images of America: Puerto Rican Chicago. Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7385-3368-1.
quote from only mention, p. 121: "He is credited with sparking Chicago's poetry renaissance."

[18] quote from only mention, p. 121: "He is credited with sparking Chicago's poetry renaissance."

[Nelson-16] Nelson, Emmanuel S., ed. (2005). The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Multiethnic American Literature. Vol. Two: D-H. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. ISBN 0-313-33061-1.
2+ page bio on pages 975-977 by Colleen Kattau. Birth: May 1, 1946, Cidra, Puerto Rico. Moved to Chicago in 1955. 1957: Was a "public school student in the Humbolt Park neighborhood of Chicago...." "It was at that moment that he identified himself as a poet...."

"In 1987 he was commissioned to write a piece for Harold washington's [mayoral] inauguration, and later to compose a poem for the city's sequicentennial which he called Satin City Lullaby."

"The Beats, the Last Poets,, and Emily Dickenson are some he names as impacting his own writing, ... jazz singers such as Nancy Wilson inspired his improvosational and spoken word skills. He considers sculptor Julian Harr to be his master."

Discussion of "Le Gente" ("the people") - organization with the "goal of unity among all groups in [Chicago], and to honor the diversity of neighborhood ethnicities." "[He] became La Gente's Minister of Education...."

Influenced: Angel Figueroa (Conga player)

Further reading: Waddell, Robert, "Poetry and the Street Sounds of a Chicago Troubador." Hispanic Arts News 178 (Winter 2001-2001): 1-5.

(Much more)

[20] 2+ page bio on pages 975-977 by Colleen Kattau. Birth: May 1, 1946, Cidra, Puerto Rico. Moved to Chicago in 1955. 1957: Was a "public school student in the Humbolt Park neighborhood of Chicago...." "It was at that moment that he identified himself as a poet...."

[21] "In 1987 he was commissioned to write a piece for Harold washington's [mayoral] inauguration, and later to compose a poem for the city's sequicentennial which he called Satin City Lullaby."

[22] "The Beats, the Last Poets,, and Emily Dickenson are some he names as impacting his own writing, ... jazz singers such as Nancy Wilson inspired his improvosational and spoken word skills. He considers sculptor Julian Harr to be his master."

[23] Discussion of "Le Gente" ("the people") - organization with the "goal of unity among all groups in [Chicago], and to honor the diversity of neighborhood ethnicities." "[He] became La Gente's Minister of Education...."

[24] Influenced: Angel Figueroa (Conga player)

[25] Further reading: Waddell, Robert, "Poetry and the Street Sounds of a Chicago Troubador." Hispanic Arts News 178 (Winter 2001-2001): 1-5.

[26] (Much more)

[Ramos-Zayas-17] Ramos-Zayas, Ana Y. (2003). National Performances: The Politics of Class, Race, and Space in Puerto Rican Chicago. The University of Chicago Press. ISBN 0-226-70358-4.
Was kicked out of several schools. (p83-84). "The Pedro Albizu Campos High School (PACHS) ... was created in the 1970s by a group of eleven Puerto Rican students and teachers who had been expelled or fires from the local public high school." (p. 72).

I added this as "further reading" in Pedro Albizu Campos High School

[28] Was kicked out of several schools. (p83-84). "The Pedro Albizu Campos High School (PACHS) ... was created in the 1970s by a group of eleven Puerto Rican students and teachers who had been expelled or fires from the local public high school." (p. 72).

[29] I added this as "further reading" in Pedro Albizu Campos High School

[LatinoStudiesJournal-18] Title Latino Studies Journal
Contributor DePaul University. Center for Latino Research

Publisher DePaul University, Center for Latino Research, 1990-c2000., 1990

Original from the University of Michigan

Digitized Sep 17, 2008

Volume 1 Number 3 September 1990
From the Table of Contents: "Puerto Rlcan Poets In Chicago 59"

Google snippet view from p. 47:

(section title) "David Hernández and His Chicago Street Poetry"

"The central figure in the Nosotros group, the writer who encouraged many of
them and served as their mentor and model, was David Hernández, who has

figured as a major personality and poet in the Chicago Latino scene to this"

Possible full article title:

"... Defendiendo Lo Suyo En El Frio: Puerto Rican Poets In Chicago"

Possible article author: Marc Zimmerman

[31] Contributor DePaul University. Center for Latino Research

[32] Publisher DePaul University, Center for Latino Research, 1990-c2000., 1990

[33] Original from the University of Michigan

[34] Digitized Sep 17, 2008

[35] Volume 1 Number 3 September 1990
From the Table of Contents: "Puerto Rlcan Poets In Chicago 59"

Google snippet view from p. 47:

(section title) "David Hernández and His Chicago Street Poetry"

"The central figure in the Nosotros group, the writer who encouraged many of
them and served as their mentor and model, was David Hernández, who has

figured as a major personality and poet in the Chicago Latino scene to this"

Possible full article title:

"... Defendiendo Lo Suyo En El Frio: Puerto Rican Poets In Chicago"

Possible article author: Marc Zimmerman

[36] From the Table of Contents: "Puerto Rlcan Poets In Chicago 59"

[37] Google snippet view from p. 47:

[38] (section title) "David Hernández and His Chicago Street Poetry"

[39] "The central figure in the Nosotros group, the writer who encouraged many of
them and served as their mentor and model, was David Hernández, who has

figured as a major personality and poet in the Chicago Latino scene to this"

[40] Possible full article title:

[41] "... Defendiendo Lo Suyo En El Frio: Puerto Rican Poets In Chicago"

[42] Possible article author: Marc Zimmerman

[elbeisman-19] Zimmerman, Marc (2014-03-18). "David Hernández: the Nuyorican Poet Chi-Town Style". El Beisman. A version of Marc Zimmerman's article on the poet, originally published in 1990, and republished here in view of Guild Complex's tribute to Hernández, March 20, 2014.

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