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.

Kellie Richardson talks with Martha and reads from The Art of Naming My Pain, a poetic field guide to life. Also, an archival reading by Monique Truong from Watermark, a landmark anthology of Vietnamese American writers. We persist in resisting banning books. Martha talks of wood chips and the environment.

Time moves for writers when someone publishes their book. That someone could be the writer.  We feature Season 2 highlights to help you start the clock on your manuscript: Beth Revis, Ernest Brawley, Meg Reid, Marissa Eller, Crystal Simone Smith, Marivi Soliven, Dan Sinykin, Diane Goettel and David Jauss.

Mary Oishi, Albuquerque Poet Laureate, visits Martha Cinader to discuss her book, Sidewalk Cruiseship. An archive interview with Clarissa Pinkola Estés (Women Who Run with The Wolves) who is now giving online workshops. More from Caroline Julia Cabading’s epic poem Sugilanon,  banning books and of Martha’s quest to publish.

Tony Robles speaks with Shizue Seigel (Founder/Director of Write Now! SF Bay) and author Vanessa Miller (The American Queen). We hear some thoughts on banning books and preview an interview with author Joan Gelfand (Outside Voices, A Memoir of the Berkeley Revolution). Martha Cinader tells a story about Queen Boedicea.

Martha Cinader speaks with author Laura Lengnick in this replay of our Winter Climate Special. The conversation ranges from alternatives to capitalism to Earth's best practices. Laura is an award-winning soil scientist with 30 years of experience working as a researcher, policymaker, educator, activist and farmer to put sustainability values into action in U.S. food and farming.

Tony Robles interviews author William Giraldi (Hold the Dark and The Hero's Body.) Their conversation ranges from manhood and body building to the masculinity of speed. We celebrate poetry month with Tony Robles, Joseph Jason Santiago Lacour, Tommi Avicolli Mecca and Sabrena Taylor. Martha Cinader on the path to publication.

Tony Robles speaks with David Jauss, Author of The Craft of Fiction. We feature poetry by Badawi, read by Sun Ra. We remember and listen to Nikki Giovanni. Also, Christy Lowman, Leila McMichael, Margaret Langley, Marissa Eller and Michael Hardy speak during Authors Day at the Morganton Public Library.

Martha speaks with Dan Sinykin about Big Fiction, How Conglomeration Changed the Publishing Industry and American Literature. Tony Robles visits novelist, Beth Revis, and poet, Kyra Freeman, at Morganton Public Library in North Carolina. Also, we persist in resisting book bans and give thanks for your community radio station.