Daniel Chacón
Words on a Wire HostDaniel Chacón’s collection of stories, Unending Rooms, was the 2007 winner of the Hudson Prize. He has also been awarded the American Book Award, the Chris Isherwood Foundation Grant, and the Southwest Book Award. His first collection of stories, Chicano Chicanery was a finalist in the Patterson Fiction Prize and his novel and the shadows took him is available from Simon and Schuster. His new book is a collection of stories called Hotel Júarez: Stories, Rooms and Loops. He’s a professor of Fiction Writing, Kafka, and Latino/a literature in the Creative Writing Department at UTEP.
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In this captivating episode of The Writer and the Brain, a Words on a Wire production, host Daniel Chacón sits down with poet and artist Octavio Quintanilla at the Texas Book Festival to explore his latest poetry collection, The Book of Wounded Sparrows. -
Host Daniel Chacón speaks with California Poet Laureate Lee Herrick. They discuss his latest work, “In Praise of Late Wonder: New and Selected Poems,” a collection that marks a profound exploration of his identity as a Korean adoptee. -
In this engaging podcast episode, host Daniel Chacon sits down with poet Gabriel Dozal to discuss Dozal’s book The Border Simulator and explore themes of identity, technology, and the concept of borders. -
In this episode of Words on a Wire, host Daniel Chacón speaks with Tara López, author of Chuco Punk: Sonic Insurgency in El Paso (University of Texas Press, 2024). -
On this episode of Words on a Wire, host Daniel Chacón talks with author Lucrecia Guerrero about her new book, On the Mad River (Mouthfeel Press, 2024). -
In this episode of Words on a Wire, host Daniel Chacón speaks with author and attorney Daniel A. Olivas about his new novel, Chicano Frankenstein (Forest Avenue Press, 2024). -
Hosts Daniel Chacón and Tim Z. Hernandez kick off season 16 of Words on a Wire. -
Part two of host Daniel Chacón’s special episode about Macondo, a writing community and workshop founded by Sandra Cisneros. You can listen to the first part of this discussion right here on KTEP.org. -
On this special episode of Words on a Wire, host Daniel Chacón invites writers associated with Macondo, a writing community and workshop founded by Sandra Cisneros. This is part one of a two-part episode. -
In this episode of Words on a Wire, host Daniel Chacón welcomes back award-winning poet Edward Vidaurre into the Poets’ Cove to discuss his latest book By Throat, By Miracle: New & Selected Poems (Luchadora Press).
