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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...
TRACY K. SMITH

TRACY K. SMITH

Tracy K. Smith September 25, 2020 Daniel talks with Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, Tracy K. Smith.  She has written her first memoir, Ordinary Light, and she talks about why she waited many years to write about the death of her mother.  She also explains why the memoir...
OCEAN VUONG

OCEAN VUONG

Ocean Vuong February 19, 2017 Ocean Vuong is a poetry phenomena. His books “Night Sky with Exit Wounds” and “On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous” are best sellers.  Vuong joins host Daniel Chacón to discuss his book, his upcoming writing projects and his creative process....
Juan Felipe Herrera

Juan Felipe Herrera

Juan Felipe Herrera February 21, 2016 Juan Felipe Herrera is the Poet Laureate of the United States. Before that he was Poet Laureate of California. And before that he was a Fresno poet who was inspiring the dreams and imaginations of thousands of children, their...
Edward Hirsch

Edward Hirsch

Edward Hirsch June 1, 2014 Daniel talks with poet & critic, Edward Hirsch, about his latest book, A Poet’s Glossary, which is not so much a book of definitions as it is an exploration of the history of the terms and how those terms interrelate to each other....