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Words on a Wire is a radio show about fiction, poetry, the writing community, and whatever other issues concern literary writers and readers of books. Hosted by Daniel Chacón and Tim Z. Hernandez. Originally broadcasted on www.ktep.org Write to us: soychacon@gmail.com
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The 3rd Story: Kimberly Castillo
On this episode of The 3rd Story on Words on a Wire, host Tim Z. Hernandez speaks with Kimberly Castillo, a writer, yoga instructor, and practitioner of ancestral plant medicine.Originally from Corpus Christi, Texas, Castillo currently resides in Boulder, Colorado, where she attained her MFA in Creative Writing from Naropa University. She is currently working on a collection of short stories, and is involved in numerous projects that utilize writing and indigenous practices to empower our communities.
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Poets' Cove #29: Tony Diaz
On this episode of Words on a Wire, host Daniel Chacón invites writer and activist Tony Diaz into the Poets’ Cove to discuss his latest book, The Tip of the Pyramid: Cultivating Community Cultural Capital (University of New Orleans Press, 2022).
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The 3rd Story: Daniel Chacón
In this special episode of Words on a Wire, host Tim Z. Hernandez and show producer Will Rose speak to Words on a Wire’s other host, Daniel Chacón, about his new book, The Last Philosopher in Texas: Fictions and Superstitions (Arte Público Press, 2024). The conversation also covers Daniel’s career and successes since the publication of his first book, Chicano Chicanary, almost 25 years ago.
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Poets' Cove #28 Alejandro Morales
Host Daniel Chacón invites author Alejandro Morales into the Poets’ Cove to discuss his new novel, The Place of the White Heron (Tia Chucha Press, 2023).
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The 3rd Story: Diego Báez
Host Tim Z. Hernandez speaks with writer and educator Diego Báez. Diego is the author of Yaguarete White (Univ. Arizona, 2024), a finalist for the Georgia Poetry Prize and a semifinalist for the Berkshire Prize for Poetry. A fellow at CantoMundo, the Surge Institute, and the Poetry Foundation’s Incubator for Community-Engaged Poets, Báez has served on the boards of the National Book Critics Circle, the International David Foster Wallace Society, and Families Together Co-operative Nursery School. His poems, book reviews, and essays have appeared online and in print. He lives in Chicago and teaches at the City Colleges.You can visit Diego’s website at: https://www.diegobaez.com/
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Poets' Cove #27
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.
Customer Reviews
Great show!
The hosts of the Word on a Wire podcast, highlight all aspects of fiction, writing and more in this can’t miss podcast! The hosts and expert guests offer insightful advice and information that is helpful to anyone that listens!
Poet’s Cove?
I really enjoyed the discussions that have been occurring in the Cove, it doesn’t quite have the potential that it could manifest if the discussion flowed more evenly between the co-hosts.
It’s quite awkward knowing there’s other writers (who are sometime not introduced at the beginning of the audio) that are seldom given time to ask their own intriguing questions, even more-so when the space is supposedly “safe” enough for a fluid discussion dynamic; it’s an effective simulation of a classroom environment, when one has the floor when the professor gives it to the speaker. Yet the guest is on the even floor with Chacón, enjoying the discussion while silently acknowledging their other silent guests?
It’s bizarre, but the discussions in themselves are fruitful in their depth of the mechanisms of writing. There could be many more machinations explored and praxes developed if more voices participate in making the echos of the cove reverberate into the show, streaming in my ears.
Excellent show about poems and poets
Others might rate it 5 stars and wouldn’t be wrong, I just don’t think anything is perfect. So, my biggest criticism is that it’s not yet perfect. But I have enjoyed the three episodes I’ve listened to so far, all with poets. The quality of the guests is very very high, and the rapport between the interviewers (two poets who I am not familiar with, but might seek out) and their guests is excellent.
I have listened to too many silly interview shows, whee the the interviewer thinks he (usually) is witty, but isn’t. These guys are good, well read, interesting and maybe most important, interested in poetry.
If you are interested in poems, poetry and poets, give it a shot.