In this episode of Words on a Wire, host Daniel Chacón speaks with acclaimed author Reyna Grande about her latest book, Migrant Heart: Essays About Things I Can’t Forget. Their conversation explores the lasting emotional impact of migration, family separation, motherhood, memory, and the vulnerability of writing memoir. Grande reflects on the difference between fiction and nonfiction, the deeply personal process of revisiting trauma, and how essays allowed her to experiment with form and move freely through time and memory. Together, they discuss storytelling, identity, language, and the complicated inheritance of love, sacrifice, and survival across generations.