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Poet and Muralist José Faus
From: New Letters on the Air
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Poet and muralist Jose Faus was born in Bogota, Colombia but grew up in Kansas, just across the Missouri border. In this interview in front of an a...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: Oct 15, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Write Question - Alan Pelaez Lopez - 437
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Alan Pelaez Lopez shares their forthcoming work, Intergalactic Travels: poems from a fugitive alien. They also read several pieces.

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., Spokane Public Radio, and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 03, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Arizona Poet Laureate Alberto Ríos
From: New Letters on the Air
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We continue our month-long series that features current State Poets Laureate with Alberto Ríos, named Arizona's inaugural Poet Laureate in 2013. In...

  • Added: Aug 14, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
The late Puerto Rican Poet & Fiction Writer Judith Ortiz Cofer
From: New Letters on the Air
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National Hispanic Heritage Month continues with a look at Puerto Rico’s culture and stories through the eyes of the late Judith Ortiz Cofer. In the...

Bought by New England Public Media


  • Added: Oct 12, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Past American Voice of Judith Ortiz Cofer
From: New Letters on the Air
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We begin National Hispanic Heritage month with the Past American Voice of Judith Ortiz Cofer, who influenced and mentored Latina writers around the...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Sep 20, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
PN 17-06 "Keough Hall" by Francisco Aragon
From: The Poetry Foundation
Series: PoetryNow
Caption: Francisco Aragon, poet
Francisco Aragón describes a threatening incident against a college student after the 2016 election.

Bought by KALW and KENW


  • Added: Jul 25, 2017
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 2
PN 16-19 “Saguaros” by Jose Javier Zamora
From: The Poetry Foundation
Series: PoetryNow
Caption: Jose Javier Zamora, poet , Credit: Ana Ruth Zamora
Javier Zamora describes his journey as a young migrant crossing the desert into the U.S.

Bought by KHSU, KALW, KENW, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 26, 2016
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 4
The Write Question - Carmen Giménez Smith - 268
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Carmen Giménez Smith talks poetry, politics, and feminism, and reads from 'Milk and Filth.'

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, Yellowstone Public Radio, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KGLT, KSJD and more


  • Added: Oct 24, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 8
A Public Reading with Poet and Essayist Rigoberto González
From: New Letters on the Air
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As National Hispanic Heritage Month is concluding, we also mark October's LGBT History Month with Rigoberto Gonzalez, the 2015 winner of The Bill W...

Bought by KFCF FM, WNJR, KRZA, and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Oct 12, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
Pulitzer Prize-Winner and MacArthur Genius Fellow Junot Díaz
From: New Letters on the Air
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With nearly a decade between his first short story collection, DROWN and his Pulitzer Prize winning novel THE BRIEF WONDROUS LIFE OF OSCAR WAO, Jun...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WMUU-LP, and WNJR


  • Added: Sep 22, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
A tribute to Eduardo Galeano ,he passedApril 13, 2015
From: Latin Waves Media
Series: Latin Waves Media
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A tribute to Eduardo Galeano , he passed on April 13, 2015, this interview originally aired Sep 2009 but still relevant today. Eduardo Hughes Gale...

  • Added: Apr 16, 2015
  • Length: 27:57
'Midnight In Mexico': The Alt.Latino Interview With Journalist Alfredo Corchado
From: NPR Music
Series: Alt.Latino
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Midnight In Mexico is Alfred Corchado’s reflections on his reporting from mexico for various US based newspapers, including a step by step retellin...

Bought by WART FM, WKAR, KMUN, and XRAY.fm


  • Added: Oct 16, 2014
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 4
Poet and Novelist Linda Rodriguez
From: New Letters on the Air
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We continue our celebration of National Hispanic Heritage Month with Linda Rodriguez, author of the poetry collection HEART'S MIGRATION. A winner o...

  • Added: Oct 11, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
The Diverse & Dynamic Latino Writers Collective
From: New Letters on the Air
Caption: Latino Writers Collective
We kick off National Hispanic Heritage Month (Sept.15-Oct.15) with members from the Kansas City Latino Writers Collective, who discuss the importa...

Bought by WJCU


  • Added: Sep 18, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
A Conversation with Julia Alvarez
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Writer Julia Alvarez discusses how her life as a reader led to her life as a writer and the rich source material she finds in her family's immigran...

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Aug 05, 2011
  • Length: 22:05
  • Purchases: 1
This I Believe - Luis Urrea
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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Luis Urrea believes he is a better writer and better person when he’s open to the world around him.

Bought by KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, KSFR, WEZU, KFOK-LPFM, WEZU and more


  • Added: May 13, 2009
  • Length: 03:57
  • Purchases: 6
Poetry Out Loud Champion Chris Estevez Recites "Bilingual/Bilingue"
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Literary Moments
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2006 Poetry Out Loud Pennsylvania State Champion Chris Estevez recites "Bilingual/Bilingue" by Rhina P. Espaillat, a poem about the challenges of g...

Bought by WBHM


  • Added: Mar 25, 2008
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
Sor Juana Inez de la Cruz
From: Radio Arte
Caption: PRX default Piece image
If she were a lesbian, there wouldn't be anything wrong with that, right?

Bought by WGDR


  • Added: Apr 11, 2005
  • Length: 06:43
  • Purchases: 1