Skin Tax Author:Tim Z. Hernandez Out of California's Great Central Valley comes the bold new voice of Tim Z. Hernandez. Already an established performance poet and community activist, Hernandez presents here the powerful debut of a writer immersed in themes of love, desire, male sexuality, violence, and machismo. Skin Tax mixes the sharp, taut sounds of a performance poet with ... more »an accomplished lyricism grounded in the realities of the Valley.« less