Listen & Be Heard Remix Volume Two: a timely blend of our guests reading from their work, highlights from previous episodes, and a few surprises.

Listen & Be Heard Remix Volume One: a timely blend of our guests reading from their work, and other highlights from previous episodes.

We feature an interview with SF Poet Laureate Genny Lim, and listen to an archival reading from Alejandro Murguía . We learn about Afro-Colombian poet Candelario Obeso, and listen to Afro Peruvian poet, Victoria Santa Cruz. And The Transformative Power of Writing, We the People, Listening and Being Heard.

Our featured guest is Caitlin Jans, Director of Authors Publish. We share poetry by Nikki Giovanni, about Aretha Franklin and Tupac Shakur, conversation between Nikki and James Baldwin and comments from the late, great, Roy Ayers. Poetry by Martha Cinader and Wordslanger, from the No-LNG Poetry Marathon, Vallejo, CA,2002.

Luna Jamero talks about Growing Up Brown, a memoir by brother, Peter Jamero. A poem for Billy Mills, by Tony Robles. Remembering Roberta Flack with archival recordings and a live duo with Donny Hathaway, Spoken Word, Listening & Being Heard, Book Banning & Environmental Resilience with Laura Lengnick and Meredith Leigh.

Martha talks with Eileen Tabios about The Balikbayan Artist, Venancio Igarta, who her Kapwa novel fictionalizes, artistic choices and Kendrick Lamar’s historic half time appearance at the Super Bowl. Also featured, Nick Courtright, of Atmosphere Press, a literary hybrid publisher  with 1300 titles in its catalog.

1964 Olympics champion and children's author, Billy Mills,  speaks about his book, Wings of an Eagle, and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. Poet, Blagovesta Momchedjikova reads Tree and Dancers. From L&BH Open Mic, 2002, Alejandro Murguía reads his story, Rose Colored Dreams. Sacred poetry by Makeda Queen of Sheba.

Martha talks with Brian Kimmel about Blue Skies, Troubled Waters, a World War II account of an Indonesian American girl. We listen to Zora Neale Hurston sing and Tony visits her hometown celebration. Also, Eileen Tabios on Kendrick Lamar's half-time show, Henry Dumas' "Love Song" as a chorale.

1964 Olympics champion and children's author, Billy Mills,  speaks about his book, Wings of an Eagle, and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. Poet, Blagovesta Momchedjikova reads Tree and Dancers. From L&BH Open Mic, 2002, Alejandro Murguía reads his story, Rose Colored Dreams. Sacred poetry by Makeda Queen of Sheba.

We welcome Jan Smith, E.D. of SOMOS, in Taos, NM. From 1998, poet, Barbara Tran, reads from "Rosary" in Watermark. We persist in resisting book banning, and offer spoken word from Q.R. Hand Jr. and Martha reading in the audio garden from Tears and Laughter, by Kahlil Gibran.