KTEP Local 100 @ 100: Benjamin Alire Saenz KTEP Published October 16, 2014 at 9:04 AM MDT Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Listen • 4:03 npr.org The research of Benjamin Alire Saenz, poet, novelist, and member of the UTEP Creative Writing Department. Saenz explains the research that goes into writing his poems.Aired Oct. 16, 2014.