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 novelis Sonia Gutiérrez about her book Dreaming with Mariposas. Sonia is also a professor and editor based out of California.
Sonia Gutiérrez is the recipient of the Tomás Rivera Book Award 2021 for her novel Dreaming with Mariposas (FlowerSong Press, 2020). In 2021, she also received an honorable mention for the Isabel Allende Most Inspirational Fiction Award for Dreaming with Mariposas. She is the author of Spider Woman / La Mujer Araña (Olmeca Press, 2013) and co-editor for The Writer’s Response (Cengage Learning, 2016). She teaches critical thinking and writing and creative writing at MiraCosta College, Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at California State University San Marcos and recently joined the Puente Project at Palomar College. Her bilingual poetry collection, Paper Birds / Pájaros de papel, is forthcoming in 2022. Presently, she is working on her first picture book, The Adventures of a Burrito Flying Saucer, and poetry collection, Sana Sana Colita de Rana.
