* Daniel talks with Marcia Hatfield Daudistel, editor of “Grace and Gumption: The Women of El Paso” and “Literary El Paso.” Daudistel talks about the struggles in convincing an out-of-town publisher that El Paso had a plethora of writers to contribute to its “Literary” series. She also talks about “Grace and Gumption” and the upcoming publication of “Authentic Texas: The People of the Big Bend.”

* Daudistel also reads this week’s Poem of the Week: Pat Mora’s “Desert Women.”

* And in this week’s Poetic License, UTEP Creative Writing professor Jose de Pierola reflects on “The Dream of the Perfect Language.”