Words on a Wire

In today´s episode, host Daniel Chacon interviews Anthony Cody, author of Borderland Apocrypha (Omnidawn, 2020). Cody was winner of the 2018 Omnidawn Open Book Contest, and finalist for the 2020 National Book Award in Poetry. He is a CantoMundo fellow from Fresno, California.

In today's episode of Words on a Wire, host, Tim Z. Hernandez interviews Mayela Padilla.

Padilla is the Executive Director of Casa Werma a Buddhist meditation center, Chief Environmental Optimist (CEO) of The Manasjan Consultancy, and podcast host of "Tiny Climate Challenge." She is passionate about poetry, photography, spending time with her family and friends, practicing meditation, engaging in science, running long distances, eating delicious food and traveling the world.

In today’s episode of Words on a Wire host, Daniel Chacon interviews author Fred Arroyo.

Fred Arroyo is the author of Western Avenue and Other Fictions and The Region of Lost Names: A Novel. A recipient of an Individual Artist Program Grant from the Indiana Arts Commission, Arroyo’s fiction is a part of the Library of Congress series Spotlight on U.S. Hispanic Writers. Arroyo’s writing is also included in Camino del Sol: Fifteen Years of Latina and Latino Writing and The Colors of Nature: Essays on Culture, Identity and the Natural World.

In today´s episode of Words on a Wire, host, Tim Z. Hernandez interviews poet Aideed Medina.

Medina, is a poet from Salinas CA, based on Fresno CA. She attended Fresno State and has published two pieces with the University journal, including her piece ´Flies, Cockroaches and Poets´

Medina is also a member of the Loud Mouth Poetry Slam Team to The 25th Annual National Poetry Slam in Oakland California since 2014.

In this episode of Words on a Wire host, Daniel Chacon, interviews fiction writer Lorraine M. Lopez on her new book “Postcards from the Gerund State.” Lopez is an associate professor of English teaching in the M.F.A. program in Creative Writing at Vanderbilt University. She is the author of six books of fiction and editor or co-editor of two essay collections. Her short story collection, Soy la Avon Lady and Other Stories won the inaugural Miguel Marmól prize for fiction. Her second book, Call Me Henri was awarded the Paterson Prize for Young Adult Literature in 2007, and her novels, The Gifted Gabaldón Sisters and The Realm of Hungry Spirits (Grand Central Press, 2011) were a Borders/Las Comadres Selections.

In this episode of Words On a Wire, host, Tim Z. Hernandez interviews poet Jessica Helen Lopez. Lopez is City of Albuquerque Poet Laureate, Emeritus and the host of arts-based PBS, ¡COLORES! She has also been a featured writer for 30 Poets in their 30’s by MUZZLE and named one of the “10 Up and Coming Lantinx Poets You Need to Know” by international digital publisher and agency, Remezcla. Lopez is a nationally recognized award-winning slam poet, and holds the title of 2012 and 2014 Women of the World City of ABQ Champion.

In today’s episode of Words on a Wire, host, Daniel Chacon interviews Dr. Melissa Castillo Planas on her book A Mexican State of Mind: New York City and the New Borderlands of Culture, where she examines the creative worlds and cultural productions of Mexican migrants in New York City within the context of a system of racial capitalism that marginalizes Mexican migrants via an exploitative labor market, criminalizing immigration policy, and racialized systems of surveillance.

Dr. Castillo Planas’ work has been published in numerous collections such as Centering Borders: Explorations in South Asia and Latin America , Afro-Latinos in Movement: Critical Approaches to Blackness and Transnationalism in the Americas and diverse scholarly and media publications including Border – Lines, Lengua y Literature, Acentos Review, Hispanic Culture Review, El Diario/La Prensa, CNN.com The Bilingual Review, Women's Studies, and Words. Beats

In today’s episode, host, Tim Z. Hernandez interviews poet Matt Sedillo on his most recent poetry collection “Mowing leaves of grass.” Sedillo has been described as the "best political poet in America" as well as "the poet laureate of the struggle" by academics, poets, and journalists alike. He has spoken at Casa de las Americas in Havana, Cuba, at numerous conferences and forums such as the National Conference on Race & Ethnicity in American Higher Education, and at over a hundred universities and colleges, including the University of Cambridge and Stanford University, among many others.

In today's episode of WOW host, Daniel Chacon, interviews Carlos Fidel Espinoza about his new book ‘How to Lie to a Customs Agent.’ His book is a collection of poetry that explores the experiences, triumphs, and pains of life on the border. Fidel Espinosa holds a Bilingual Master of Fine Arts from the University of Texas at El Paso. He teaches creative writing and literature at the University of Texas at El Paso, and El Paso Community College

In today’s episode of Words on a Wire, host Tim Z. Hernandez interviews Guatemalan poet, memoirist, and photographer Claudia D. Hernandez. So, don't forget to tune at KTEP 88.5 at 12 pm MST to listen to the conversation!

Hernandez holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Antioch University Los Angeles, she is a translator and bilingual educator residing in Los Angeles. She is the author of KNITTING THE FOG and a finalist for the 2020 Firecracker Award in Creative Nonfiction.