Writer & poet Tim Z. Hernandez returns to Words on a Wire to talk about his "Plane Wreck at Los Gatos" project. In 1948, plane crashed at Los Gatos Canyon in California killing everyone on board, including several Mexican nationals whose names were never published. After grueling research, and lots of serendipity, Tim discovered the names of the lost souls and raised money to erect a memorial headstone in the cemetery where their remains are buried. http://timzhernandez.com/
Tim Z. Hernandez reads one of his works for the Poem of the Week: "Brown Christ."
Plus, Ryan Johann Perry and Mari Gomez join us in the studio to tell us about the Rio Grande Rift project. http://www.theriogranderift.com/
And Daniel reflects on why the Latino youth of today have it better than his generation and of generations past.
To listen to a complete version of Pete Seeger's performance of "Deportee," visit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrRak5-tCr8
Aired Nov. 2, 2014.