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Sesshu Foster

Sesshu Foster

Sesshu Foster November 22, 2021 In this episode of Words on a Wire, host Tim Z. Hernandez, interviews poet and activist Sesshu Foster.Foster is a poet, teacher, and community activist. The conversation focuses on his book ELADATL:A History of the East LA Dirigible Air...
roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz November 8, 2021 In this episode, 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...
Kathleen Alcala

Kathleen Alcala

Kathleen Alcala November 16, 2021 In this episode Daniel Chacón has a conversation with Kathleen Alcalá, author of six books of fiction and nonfiction. Her work has received the Western States Book Award, the Governor’s Writers Award, and a Pacific Northwest...
Halloween / Día de Muertos

Halloween / Día de Muertos

Halloween / Día de Muertos October 31, 2021 In this special Halloween/ Día de muertos episode of Words on a Wire hosts, Daniel Chacón & Tim Z. Hernandez talk about legends, horror stories, altars, the meaning of death and the connection with our ancestors....
Joy Harjo

Joy Harjo

Joy Harjo May 10, 2021 A special episode of Words on a Wire where host Daniel Chacon interviews US Poet Laureate, Joy Harjo. Harjo is an internationally renowned performer and writer of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation. She is serving her second term as the 23rd Poet...