Hector Tobar on "Deep Down Dark"

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Wed, 09/30/2015 - 11:00am to 11:30am
Hector Tobar on 'Deep Down Dark," His Book 33 Men Buried in a Chilean Mine Miners Buried

Host Eric Tegethoff speaks with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and novelist Hector Tobar about his latest book, Deep Down Dark: The Untold Stories of 33 Men Buried in a Chilean Mine, and the Miracle That Set Them Free.

Tobar is the son of Guatemalan immigrants. His long career in journalism includes work for The New Yorker, LA Weekly, and many positions at the Los Angeles Times. He was a Metro columnist for The Times, a book critic, and the paper's bureau chief in Mexico City and in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He also worked for several years as the National Latino Affairs Correspondent. Additionally, Tobar contributed to the newspaper's Pulitzer Prize-winning coverage of the Los Angeles riots of 1992. He is the author of The Barbarian Nurseries, Translation Nation, and The Tattooed Soldier. 


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