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Words on a Wire

Words on a Wire

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    Host Daniel Chacón invites Emma Pérez into the Poets’ Cove to discuss Emma’s latest novel, Testimony of a Shifter (ARTE PÚBLICO PRESS , 2023). Emma Pérez is a former UTEP professor and is currently a professor at the University of Arizona.
  • Host Tim Z. Hernandez speaks with Rumi Sevilla Hernandez on this episode of the 3rd Story.
  • Host Daniel Chacón speaks with native Nicaraguan poet and UC Davis lecturer León Salvatierra about his collection of poetry, To the North/Al Norte (University of Nevada Press 2022).
  • Host Daniel Chacón speaks with poet Gabriel Dozal about his new collection of poetry, The Border Simulator (One World/Random House 2023). Poet Natasha Tiniacos, who translated The Border Simulator into Spanish, also joins the show to discuss the ground-breaking new book.
  • On this week’s episode, Words on a Wire producer and guest host Will Rose talks with best-selling author Alisa Lynn Valdes about her new book, Hollow Beasts (Thomas & Mercer, 2023).
  • In a special episode recorded in the heart of Madrid, Spain, Host Daniel Chacón speaks with author and world traveler, Santiago Vaquera-Vásquez. They discuss a wide range of topics, including travel, artificial intelligence, and tacos in Poland.
  • Host Daniel Chacón invites poet Brian Turner about his forthcoming three-part poetry series from Alice James Books: The Wild Delight of Wild Things, The Goodbye World Poem, and The Dead Peasant’s Handbook.
  • Host Daniel Chacón invites author M. Evelina Galang into the Poets’ Cove to discuss her incredible new collection of stories, When the Hibiscus Falls (Coffee House Press, 2023).
  • In this episode, Daniel Chacón hangs out with Dr. Alicia Gaspar De Alba. They will be talking about her new collection of fiction and nonfiction, Crimes of the Tongue.
  • Host Tim Z. Hernandez welcomes the 2023 Jack Douglas Award recipient, Eraldo “Dino” Chiecchi. He is a reporter, journalist, and the author of the book, "Josue: A Young Man's Life Lost to Suicide."
  • Host Daniel Chacón and his guest Kalina Gallardo talk to the theoretical physicist Chanda Prescod-Weinstein.
  • In this episode, Daniel Chacón invite Words on a Wire co-host Tim Z. Hernandez. They talk about Tim’s new book, Some of the Light: New and Selected Poems from Beacon Press.