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Chico State's independent student newspaper

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Chico State's independent student newspaper

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“I didn’t want to know facts,” Hernandez said, “I wanted to hear stories.” Hernandez took the audience along on his journey of what went into writing his book. He described how he was able to get in contact with some of the families in Mexico of the immigrants who died in the plane crash. Photo credit: Olyvia Simpson

Tim Hernandez featured at Chico’s Book in Common for ‘All They Will Call You’

Olyvia Simpson and Mitchell Kret // March 16, 2019

Chico’s Book in Common hosted Tim Hernandez in Laxson Auditorium on March 13 to talk about his book “All They Will Call You” and related experiences. Book in Common is hosted jointly...

President Hutchinson and President Yaqub posing with event attendees.

The Book in Common commences Chico’s year of women

Anna Porretta // September 30, 2016

A crowd gathered to hear community leaders speak, celebrating the Book in Common program, which promises to be a year devoted to the conversation around women's rights outside of Chico City Hall on Sept....

Dan Reidel Jojo Sanchez reads an excerpt from “The Yellow Birds,” a story about one soldier’s time in Iraq. Sanchez, a Butte College student, plans on transferring to Chico State next year.

Book in Common shares veteran’s trials overseas

Nicholas Carr // September 18, 2013
The Book in Common has been chosen as "The Yellow Birds" by Kevin Powers.
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