
Imagine Our Future: Catherine Hernandez on Crosshairs
Catherine Hernandez and Niyosha Keyzad
Imagine Our Future: Catherine Hernandez on Crosshairs
Catherine Hernandez and Niyosha Keyzad
7:30pm
Wednesday, October 28, 2020
45 mins
Acclaimed author of Scarborough, Catherine Hernandez, is back to answer your curly questions about her latest book Crosshairs. The book gives an unsettlingly timely account of a dystopian near-future when a queer Black performer and his allies join forces against an oppressive regime that is rounding up those deemed “Other” in concentration camps. With her signature prose, Hernandez creates a moving yet startling vision of the future that is all the more terrifying because it is possible. Join her for this special discussion about her cautionary tale.
Interviewer: Niyosha Keyzad
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Acclaimed author of Scarborough, Catherine Hernandez, is back to answer your curly questions about her latest book Crosshairs. The book gives an unsettlingly timely account of a dystopian near-future when a queer Black performer and his allies join forces against an oppressive regime that is rounding up those deemed “Other” in concentration camps. With her signature prose, Hernandez creates a moving yet startling vision of the future that is all the more terrifying because it is possible. Join her for this special discussion about her cautionary tale.
Interviewer: Niyosha Keyzad
English captioning is available for this video. Please click the ‘CC’ button in the video toolbar to turn it on.