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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

Hosts, Tim Z. Hernández and Daniel Chacón get together to talk to award-winning American poet, novelist and writer 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 of Texas at...

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...

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...