This episode, we wrap up our platica on the winner of the 2024 Felix Pollak Prize in Poetry, Cowboy Park, covering parts 2 and 3 of the poetry collection by Eduardo Martinez-Leyva. What did you think of the book? Stay tuned for our interview with Eduardo!
Jun 30, 2025•54 min•Season 6Ep. 12
Join us as we begin Part 1 of Cowboy Park , the debut poetry collection from Eduardo Martinez-Leyva. Have you picked up a copy? Drop a comment and let us know what you think about it!
Jun 23, 2025•58 min•Season 6Ep. 11
For Part 3 of our platica on Borderlands and the Mexican American Story, we are joined by the author himself, David Dorado Romo for an interview. We hope you enjoy, pick a copy of his book, and follow him online to keep track of his work in the community!
Apr 28, 2025•36 min•Season 6Ep. 10
Join us as we wrap up our platica on the second half of Borderlands and the Mexican American Story by historian David Dorado Romo. What were your thoughts on the book? Anything you didn't know about history you wish you had known?
Mar 27, 2025•54 min•Season 6Ep. 9
Join us as we begin to uncover the many untold stories in the first half of Borderlands and the Mexican American Story (2024), the book by historian David Dorado Romo that is part of the Race to the Truth Series from Crown Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Random House.
Mar 24, 2025•1 hr 2 min•Season 6Ep. 8
Join us for a conversation on the second half of The Witches of El Paso by Luis Jaramillo!
Feb 15, 2025•58 min•Season 6Ep. 7
Join us as we begin the first half of The Witches of El Paso, the debut novel by Luis Jaramillo!
Feb 05, 2025•55 min•Season 6Ep. 6
This episode we cover the second half of the novel Street of Too Many Stories by Denise Chávez. What were your thoughts on the work? Did you make the UTEP event with her? Leave us a comment and we'll share it!
Nov 26, 2024•46 min•Season 6Ep. 5
Join us this episode as we open our discussion of Street of Too Many Stories by Denise Chávez, Chicana writer from our sister city of Las Cruces. Here, we focus on the first half of the novel.
Nov 18, 2024•42 min•Season 6Ep. 4
This episode, Annell López joins us for a conversation on her debut short story collection, I'll Give You a Reason, winner of the 2023 Louise Meriwether First Book Prize. Follow her on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/annellthebookbabe and pick up a copy of her book at https://www.feministpress.org/books-a-m/ill-give-you-a-reason
Aug 25, 2024•28 min•Season 6Ep. 3
This episode, we wrap up our conversation on I'll Give You a Reason by Annell López (Feminist Press 2024), covering the second half of the short story collection. Pick up a copy at https://www.feministpress.org/books-a-m/ill-give-you-a-reason Have a question for our upcoming interview with Annell? Drop it in the comments below!
Aug 19, 2024•1 hr 4 min•Season 6Ep. 1
This episode, we begin our discussion on the first half of I'll Give You a Reason, the debut short story collection by Annell López from Feminist Press (2024), and winner of the Louise Meriwether First Book Prize (given to a debut work by a woman or nonbinary author of color), which is meant to "uplift much-needed stories and inspire a new generation of writers."
Aug 14, 2024•1 hr 13 min•Season 6Ep. 1
For episode #100 (!), Cassie Holguin-Pettinato joins us in the studio to talk about her collection, The Five Stages of Stuttering out of FlowerSong Press (2024). Pick up a copy from her website, https://www.cassiehp.com/ and we hope you enjoy our conversation!
Aug 07, 2024•50 min•Season 5Ep. 14
Join us this episode as we conclude our discussion on the last three sections of The Fives Stages of Stuttering , the debut full-length poetry collection by Cassie Holguin-Pettinato. Stay tuned for our interview with Cassie herself!
Jun 28, 2024•56 min•Season 5Ep. 13
Join us this episode as we begin our breakdown of the first two sections of The Five Stages of Stuttering, the first full-length poetry collection (FlowerSong Press 2024) by Cassie Holguin-Pettinato.
Jun 19, 2024•1 hr 3 min•Season 5Ep. 12
As part of his author visit to El Paso Community College, Jose Hernandez Diaz joined us in person at our studio at Power at the Pass for an interview on his latest poetry book, Bad Mexican, Bad American. We hope you enjoy our in-depth conversation on his collection, the publishing world, and his advice for up-and-coming writers!
Jun 15, 2024•37 min•Season 5Ep. 11
This episode, we wrap up our discussion of Bad Mexican, Bad American by Jose Hernandez Diaz, with a look at the second half of the poetry collection. Stay tuned for an interview with Jose!
Jun 11, 2024•30 min•Season 5Ep. 10
Join us this episode as we begin covering the first half of Bad Mexican, Bad American, the first full-length poetry collection by Jose Hernandez Diaz published by Acre Books (2024).
Jun 06, 2024•52 min•Season 5Ep. 9
Gabriel Dozal joins us this episode for an interview on his debut poetry collection, The Border Simulator!
Jun 02, 2024•51 min•Season 5Ep. 8
Join us as we wrap up our platica on the second half of Gabriel Dozal's debut poetry collection, the Border Simulator, and stay tuned for an interview with Gabriel!
May 29, 2024•46 min•Season 5Ep. 7
Listen in as we begin discussing the first half of the Border Simulator, the poetry collection debut by Gabriel Dozal.
May 24, 2024•1 hr 3 min•Season 5Ep. 6
We interrupt our regularly scheduled programming to bring you an interview with Silvia Moreno-Garcia, author of Mexican Gothic , in anticipation of her visit to El Paso on Thursday, May 2nd 2024!
Apr 29, 2024•29 min•Season 5Ep. 5
This episode, we wrap up our discussion of the second half of Promises of Gold by José Olivarez.
Apr 25, 2024•31 min•Season 5Ep. 4
This episode, we begin our platica on the first half of Promises of Gold by José Olivarez. Reading at EPCC Valle Verde: https://youtu.be/9pxCvy7RS5U?si=jcASLrpWUX8VzvKQ
Mar 25, 2024•45 min•Season 5Ep. 3
This episode, we finish our platica on Woman of Light by Kali Fajardo-Anstine.
Jan 26, 2024•54 min•Season 5Ep. 2
After a hiatus, we are back! Here, we discuss the first half of Woman of Light by Kali Fajardo-Anstine.
Jan 20, 2024•52 min•Season 5Ep. 1
For this episode, we interview the author of Brother Sleep, Aldo Amparán. On Spotify, you can enjoy this episode in video form!
May 22, 2023•41 min•Season 4Ep. 22
For part 2 of our talk on Brother Sleep by Aldo Amparán, we cover the second half of the debut poetry collection.
May 13, 2023•41 min•Season 4Ep. 21
This episode, we begin our discussion on the poetry collection Brother Sleep by Aldo Amparán, covering the first half of the winner of the 2020 Alice James award.
May 08, 2023•55 min•Season 4Ep. 20
Yasmin Ramírez joins us in the studio to talk about her first book, ¡Ándale, Prieta!: a Love Letter to My Family.
Jan 13, 2023•1 hr 5 min•Season 4Ep. 19