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Ana Castillo

Ana Castillo

Ana Castillo December 13, 2021 Ana Castillo is considered one of the leading voices in Chicana experience and is known for her experimental style as a Latina novelist. She is recipient of PEN Oakland Reginald Lockett Lifetime Achievement Award, honoring BLACK DOVE:...
Sonia Gutiérrez

Sonia Gutiérrez

Sonia Gutiérrez December 7, 2021 In this episode of Words on a Wire, host Tim Hernandez remembers some of his friends and relatives that he has lost during the pandemic.  In the interview portion of this episode, he talks with poet and novelist Sonia Gutiérrez about...
Maceo Montoya

Maceo Montoya

Maceo Montoya November 28, 2021 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”...
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...