Today’s show is a recording of a poetry show I did at Mount St. Mary’s University in Los Angeles, where I teach. I took Rainer
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Find Your Homeland
The Spanish word terruño has captured my imagination as of late. It means “homeland,” which, in both languages, has a loving tone to it: one’s
El Testimonio: The Latino Memoir
Every once in a while, I do a Spanish podcast on The Writing Bull. This is a little cut of me recording it, in my
“We Look At the World Once, In Childhood”
I’m not much of a Louise Gluck lover, I find her poetry a bit distant, cold; but I sure like that one line she wrote,
Francisco Aragón: Literary Activist
Poet Francisco Aragón is doing is doing more for U.S. Latinx literature than any person I know. While writing his own work, he’s also always
Writing from the Classroom: Ailyn Hernandez-Bazan, First Generation College Graduate and Its Discontents
Ailyn Hernandez-Bazan was a student in Literature and Contemporary class, which I taught this spring. She is a first generation college student, a cultural phenomenon I know