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Kelly Lytle Hernández

Kelly Lytle Hernández holds The Thomas E. Lifka Endowed Chair in History and directs the Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies at UCLA. A 2019 MacArthur “Genius Grant” recipient, she is the author of the award-winning books Migra! and City of Inmates. She lives in Los Angeles, California.

Kelly Lytle Hernández

Kelly Lytle Hernández holds The Thomas E. Lifka Endowed Chair in History and directs the Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies at UCLA. A 2019 MacArthur “Genius Grant” recipient, she is the author of the award-winning books Migra! and City of Inmates. She lives in Los Angeles, California.

Awards

Longlisted — Cundill History Prize, 2022

Longlisted — National Book Award, 2022

Shortlisted — National Book Critics Circle Award, 2022

Shortlisted — PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award for Nonfiction, 2023

Shortlisted — Mark Lynton History Prize, 2023

Winner — Bancroft Prize, 2023

Books by Kelly Lytle Hernández