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- Episode 16: Maceo Montoya
In this episode Daniel Chacón talks with California-based author, artist, and educator, Maceo Montoya.
His first novel, The Scoundrel and the Optimist (Bilingual Review, 2010), was awarded the 2011 International Latino Book Award for “Best First Book” and Latino Stories named him one of its “Top Ten New Latino Writers to Watch”.1 hr 2 min - Episode 15: Sesshu Foster
A poet, teacher, and community activist Sesshu Foster was born and raised in East Los Angeles. His books include, City Terrace Field Manual (1996), World Ball Notebook (2009), Atomik Aztex, and ELADATL, which we’ll be speaking with him about today. He’s the recipient of several awards, including the American Book Award, the Believer Book Award, and the Asian American Literary Award.
34 min - Episode 15: Sesshu FosterA poet, teacher, and community activist Sesshu Foster was born and raised in East Los Angeles. His books include, City Terrace Field Manual (1996), World Ball Notebook (2009), Atomik Aztex, and A History of the ELA Dirigible Air Transport Lines, which we’ll be speaking with him about today. He’s the recipient of several awards, including the American Book Award, the Believer Book Award, and the Asian American Literary Award.34 min
- Episode 14: Kathleen Alcalá
In this episode, host Daniel Chacon interviews author Kathleen Alcala.
Alcala is the Winner of the Washington State Governor's Writers Award and the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Award when it was originally published in 1997, Spirits of the Ordinary was one of the rst books to address the topic of the hidden Jews of Mexico.30 min - Episode 13: Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
In this episode of WOW, host, Tim Z. Hernandez, interviews author and activist Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz.
Dunbar-Ortiz is the winner of the 2017 Lannan Cultural Freedom Prize, and is the author or editor of many books, including An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States, a recipient of the 2015 American Book Award
29 min - Episode 11: Halloween/ Día de Muertos ShowHAPPY HALLOWEEN!In today's episode, our hosts talk about the Halloween and Dia de Muertos celebration! As part of the celebration, join to listen to some of our students of the MFA Creative Writing program tell urban myths in honor of the spooky celebration !50 min
- Episode 9: David RomeroIn this episode of Words on a Wire host, Tim Z. Hernandez interviews poet David Romero. Romero is a Mexican-American spoken word artist from Diamond Bar, CA. Romero is the author of My Name Is Romero (FlowerSong Press), a book reviewed by Gustavo Arellano (¡Ask a Mexican!), Curtis Marez (University Babylon), and founding member of Ozomatli, Ulises Bella. Romero has appeared at over seventy-five colleges and universities in thirty different states in the USA.28 min
- Episode 7: Philip GoffIn this episode of Words on a Wire, host Daniel Chacon interviews Philip Goff. Goff is an Associate Professor of Psychology and the author of Galileo's Error, and co-host of Mind Chat.58 min
- Episode 6: Adolfo Guzman LopezIn this episode of words on a wire host, Tim Z. Hernandez interviews co-founder of The Taco Shop Poets, Adolfo Guzman-Lopez. Guzman'Lopez co-founded the poetry-performance group The Taco Shop Poets. He continues to wander the sidewalks, streets and freeways of Southern California searching for the right words for the sounds he hears.32 min
- Episode 4: Rosa AlcaláIn this episode of Words on a Wire, host Daniel Chacon sits down to talk to author and poet Rosa Alcalá. Alcalá is a translator and author of the poetry collections MyOTHER TONGUE, The Lust of Unsentimental Waters, and Undocumentaries.51 min
About Words on a Wire
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Words on a Wire is a radio show about fiction, poetry, the writing community, and whatever other issues concern literary writers and readers of books. Hosted by Daniel Chacón and Tim Z. Hernandez.…
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