Words on a Wire

Host Daniel Chacón invites author Alejandro Morales into the Poets’ Cove to discuss his new novel, The Place of the White Heron (Tia Chucha Press, 2023).

Host Tim Z. Hernandez speaks with writer and educator Diego Báez. Diego is the author of Yaguarete White (Univ. Arizona, 2024), a finalist for the Georgia Poetry Prize and a semifinalist for the Berkshire Prize for Poetry. A fellow at CantoMundo, the Surge Institute, and the Poetry Foundation’s Incubator for Community-Engaged Poets, Báez has served on the boards of the National Book Critics Circle, the International David Foster Wallace Society, and Families Together Co-operative Nursery School. His poems, book reviews, and essays have appeared online and in print. He lives in Chicago and teaches at the City Colleges.

You can visit Diego’s website at: https://www.diegobaez.com/

Host Daniel Chacón invites Emma Pérez into the Poets’ Cove to discuss Emma’s latest novel, Testimony of a Shifter (ARTE PÚBLICO PRESS , 2023). Emma Pérez is a former UTEP professor and is currently a professor at the University of Arizona.

Patos Salvajes es el espacio radiofónico de los estudiantes del M.F.A. en Escritura Creativa Bilingüe en la Universidad de Texas en El Paso. En nuestro cuarto episodio recibimos a una de las poetas mexicanas contemporáneas más celebradas, que ha revitalizado y acercado la poesía contemporánea nuevamente a su público. Se trata de Sara Uribe, una poeta que mediante una propuesta de diálogos y voces colectivas abre sus páginas a formas posibles de autorías compartidas para encarar los más dolorosos temas políticos de su país, como también la reapropiación de importantes escritoras de la historia. Conversamos sobre su trabajo, y sobre cómo la exploración formal es un lugar donde encontrar respuestas.

Patos Salvajes is the radio program of the students of the M.F.A. in Bilingual Creative Writing at the University of Texas at El Paso. In our fourth episode we welcome one of the most celebrated contemporary Mexican poets, who has revitalized and brought contemporary poetry back to her audience. This is Sara Uribe, a poet who through a proposal of dialogues and collective voices opens her pages to possible forms of shared authorship, to face the most painful political issues of her country as well as the reappropriation of important women writers of history. We talked about her work, and how formal exploration is a place to find answers.

Hosts Leah O’Daniel and Patricia Locke speak with two Online MFA students about their published work, how to find literary magazines, and the art of handling rejection.

On this episode of Words on a Wire, host Daniel Chacón invites author Yasmín Ramírez into the Poets’ Cove. They discuss Yasmín’s memoir ¡Ándale, Prieta! (Lee and Low Books 2023), which secured a silver medal at the International Latino Book Awards. She also received Honorable Mention for the 2023 Américas Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature and earned a spot on the 2023 Top Ten List of the In the Margins YA Non Fiction Book Awards for the same work.

Host Tim Z. Hernandez speaks with Rumi Sevilla Hernandez on this episode of the 3rd Story.

Rumi is a fourth generation Latinx with roots in California, Texas, and Mexico. She's currently a student in the multi-media journalism program at the University of Texas El Paso. She has utilitized her artistic talents to create original videos, audio, music, and designs for flyers, art shows, and book covers. She lives in El Paso, Texas, and enjoys reading, coffee, and traveling.

This episode is in Spanish:
Patos Salvajes es el nuevo espacio radiofónico de los estudiantes del M.F.A. en Escritura Creativa Bilingüe en la Universidad de Texas en El Paso. Nuestro tercer episodio continúa explorando la escena artística de la frontera en El Paso-Juárez con la presencia de un artista polivalente e interesado en resignificar el espacio y sus símbolos; Manuel Urueta. Se trata de una cálida charla sobre cómo, junto a su colectivo Xingaderas, Manuel ha explorado las "máscaras de la frontera" mediante la plástica, el cine y el espacio comunitario.

Description English translation:
Patos Salvajes is the new radio program of the students of the M.F.A. in Bilingual Creative Writing at the University of Texas at El Paso. Our third episode continues exploring the border art scene in El Paso-Juárez with the presence of a versatile artist interested in re-signifying space and its symbols; Manuel Urueta. This is a warm discussion on how, together with his collective Xingaderas, Manuel has explored the "masks of the border" through art, film and community space.

Host Daniel Chacón speaks with one of the country's most respected poets, John Hoppenthaler, the author of four books of poetry, including his latest, Night Wing over Metropolitan Area (University of Chicago Press 2023).

In this very first episode of Technically Literate, a podcast produced by students from UTEP's online MFA program, hosts Leah O'Daniel and Thomas Salas discuss how writers can navigate the age of AI and technology disruption with special guest Daniel Chacón.