After winning the 2002 Tupelo Chapbook award presented by judge Ray Gonzalez, a full-length version of David Hernandez's imaginative, heartfelt work became inevitable. The author's eyes rove the landscape of his experience and focus on the details of shadows, his words giving a fresh accent to the pathos and unavoidable humor of loss. A new voice that's loud, lucid and impossible to ignore. ""A House Waiting for Music" has enough verbal Hip-hop to get the cops called. Listen up!"-Kim Addonizio David Hernandez won the National Looking Glass Chapbook Competition, and is the recipient of a grant from the Ludwig Vogelstein Foundation. His poems and drawings have appeared in numerous literary magazines, including "The Southern Review, Other Voices," and "Prairie Schooner."

Winner, 2002 Tupelo Chapbook Award with poetry so tempting, only a full book would satisfy. After winning the 2002 Tupelo Chapbook award presented by judge Ray Gonzalez, a full-length version of David Hernandez's imaginative, heartfelt work became inevitable. The author's eyes rove the landscape of his experience and focus on the details of shadows, his words giving a fresh accent to the pathos and unavoidable humor of loss. A new voice that's loud, lucid and impossible to ignore.