Poetry

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Buscando America on 06/30/20

Airs at: Tue, 06/30/2020 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Produced for:  Buscando America
  En esta programa hablamos con Chris Chambers y Cristina Franco para conocer el trabajo de Casa Arcoiris, un albergue temporal para la comunidad LGBTQ+  para migrantes que están en tránsito por Tijuana.  Javier Sierra nos compartió buenas noticias en la corte para bloquea... Read more

A Two Hour Special with National Book Award winning poet Nikky Finney

Airs at: Thu, 06/18/2020 at 10:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Between The Covers
Love Child’s Hotbed of Occasional Poetry is a twenty-first-century paean to the sterling love songs humming throughout four hundred years of black American life. National Book Award winner Nikky Finney’s fifth collection contains lighthouse poems, narrative hotbeds, and tre... Read more

Wider Window Poetry: Mohammad Bader

Airs at: Mon, 06/01/2020 at 10:00pm - 11:00pm
Produced for:  Wider Window Poetry
Featured guest Mohammad Bader with additional poems by Gary Soto     Read more

"Pride," Nastashia Minto

Airs at: Mon, 06/22/2020 at 10:00pm - 11:00pm
Produced for:  The Occasion
The theme for June is "Pride," and the featured guest is Nastashia Minto. Nastashia is the author of Naked: The Rhythm and Groove of It. The Depth and Length to It. An African American woman born in South Georgia and raised there by her grandparents, she grew up in poverty ... Read more

Buscando America on 05/26/20

Airs at: Tue, 05/26/2020 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Produced for:  Buscando America
  En este programa festejamos  el cumpleaños de Rosario Castellanos, con  El despojo y a Elena Poniatowska, con El recado. Escucha el comentario de Javier Sierra  sobre la pandemia y la construcción del muro del odio. En la sesión  numero 12 de Voces Ke luxan, Karen Torren... Read more

"Mother," Traci Brimhall

Airs at: Mon, 05/25/2020 at 10:00pm - 11:00pm
Produced for:  The Occasion
The theme for May is "Mother," and this month's show features Traci Brimhall. Traci is the author of four collections of poetry: Come the Slumberless to the Land of Nod (Copper Canyon Press), Saudade (Copper Canyon Press), Our Lady of the Ruins (W.W. Norton), and Rookery (S... Read more

Naftalina

Airs at: Fri, 05/22/2020 at 10:00pm - Sat, 05/23/2020 at 12:00am
Produced for:  La Ruleta
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Buscando America on 05/19/20

Airs at: Tue, 05/19/2020 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Produced for:  Buscando America
  En este programa festejamos a Juan Rulfo con fragmentos del cuento Talpa. También platicamos con Bárbara Sánchez Galeano de Detention Watch Network sobre las primeras personas que han perdido la vida en detención. Desde San Cristóbal, un reporte de Franco Torti  sobre el... Read more

Jorge Reyes

Airs at: Mon, 05/18/2020 at 8:00pm - 10:00pm
Produced for:  A Different Nature
Jorge Reyes started his career with Al Universo and continued with Nuevo México in the mid 70's; then he was part of Chac Mool, recording four albums before a successful solo career, mixing traditional rock instruments and Pre-Hispanic, a type of music called Etno-Rock (Eth... Read more

Talking Earth featuring Nancy Dear

Airs at: Mon, 05/18/2020 at 10:00pm - 11:00pm
Produced for:  Talking Earth
Hello, dear listeners , on Monday, May 18th, we have a performance by Portland’s majestic bubblegum unicorn of poetry, Nancy Dear!  Accompanied by her mighty purse dog, Bru , Nancy reads several of her poems ; the magic of Nancy’s poetry is that when she reads poems about h... Read more