JJ Amaworo Wilson

JJ Amaworo Wilson

JJ Amaworo Wilson February 20, 2022 Host Daniel Chacon talks with author JJ Amaworo Wilson about his second novel Nazaré. Wilson is a German-born Anglo-American-Nigerian novelist and non-fiction writer. His novel Nazaré tells the story of a peasants’ revolt in the...
Benjamin Alire Saenz

Benjamin Alire Saenz

Benjamin Alire Sáenz February 26, 2022 Hosts, Tim Z. Hernández and Daniel Chacón get together to talk to award-winning American poet, novelist and writer Benjamin Alire Sáenz.   Benjamin Alire Sáenz...
Gris Muñoz

Gris Muñoz

Gris Muñoz February 6, 2022 Daniel Chacón talks with poet, storyteller and biographer Gris Muñoz. Gris Muñoz is a frontera poet and storyteller. She is the author of the bilingual poetry and short-story collection, Coatlicue Girl (FlowerSong Books, 2020), most...
Estella González

Estella González

Estella González January 10, 2022 In this episode of Words on a Wire, host Daniel Chacón interviews Estella González about her debut short story collection, Chola Salvation, published in 2021 by Arte Público Press. González was born and raised in East Los Angeles...
Denis O’Hearn

Denis O’Hearn

Denis O’Hearn January 3, 2022 Daniel Chacón interviews Denis O´Hearn about the 20th anniversary of his compelling book Nothing But an Unfinished Song: The Life and Times of Bobby Sands. Denis O’Hearn is Dean of the College of Liberal Arts at the University...
Jackie Barragan

Jackie Barragan

Jackie Barragan December 20, 2021 Jackie Barragan is a multidisciplinary Border artist, community advocate and practitioner of her indigenous healing traditions.  She graduated from UTEP with a Bachelor’s in Anthropology and a Minor in Dance. She focused her studies...