On this episode of Words on a Wire, Host Tim Z. Hernande speaks with Cassie Holguin-Pettinato, a Chicana poet, collage artist, and theremin musician from the El Paso/Juárez frontera. A fourth-generation resident of La Calavera, the last historic neighborhood of Smeltertown, she channels her rich cultural background into her work. Cassie is the author of The Lamb’s Tail (Bottlecap Press, 2022) and The Five Stages of Stuttering (Flowersong Press, 2024). She holds a B.A. in Creative Writing from The University of Texas at El Paso. In 2024, she was honored with the Poet and Author Fellowship at the Martha’s Vineyard Institute of Creative Writing. Currently, she serves as an academic writing tutor at El Paso Community College.