Texas Roots, Hidden Truths: Uncovering Family Histories and Lost Legacies
1:15 PM - 2:00 PM
Saturday, November 16
Texas Tent presented by Texas Monthly
Join Tim Z. Hernandez and Jessica Goudeau as they speak about their nonfiction narratives, which intertwine personal and collective histories and confront the legacies of trauma, migration, and memory. In They Call You Back, Hernandez searches for the families of the victims of a tragic 1948 plane crash while turning his lens inward to examine his ancestral roots and the complexities of personal healing. Meanwhile, in We Were Illegal, Goudeau uncovers her own Texas family’s roots, confronting uncomfortable truths about land, migration, and identity. Both authors reflect on the power of storytelling as a tool for reckoning with the past and forging a more honest future.
- Books: We Were Illegal: Uncovering a Texas Family's Mythmaking and Migration, They Call You Back: A Lost History, a Search, a Memoir
- Book Type: Non Fiction
- Authors: Jessica Goudeau, Tim Z. Hernandez
- Moderator: Jason Heid
- Book Signing: 2:15 PM at Main Signing Tent