13: It’s a special Holiday Edition of “Words on a Wire.” The faculty from the University of Texas at El Paso Creative Writing Department has gathered in the studio to share their holiday reflections.
Jeff Sirkin talks about his first experience with Christmas as a Jew.
Rosa Alcalá talks about why she is reconsidering her holiday traditions now that she has a daughter.
José de Piérola reads “Noche Buena,” which tells of how he celebrated Noche Buena in Perú and how his beliefs evolved over the years.
Sasha Pimentel Chacón shares her memories of trying to fly to Buenos Aires from Paris on Christmas Eve.
In “Santa’s Big Helper,” Lex Williford shares his memories of being a young boy at Christmastime after the death of his baby brother, and how it relates to his experience as an older father to young children.
ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: Benjamín Alire Saenz shares his early memories of Christmas and why the holiday means more to him later in life.
AND, In “Mr. Microphone,” Daniel Chacón shares a mall-shopping Christmas memory and why it had an impact on him and how he celebrates the holiday.
Jeff Sirkin talks about his first experience with Christmas as a Jew.
Rosa Alcalá talks about why she is reconsidering her holiday traditions now that she has a daughter.
José de Piérola reads “Noche Buena,” which tells of how he celebrated Noche Buena in Perú and how his beliefs evolved over the years.
Sasha Pimentel Chacón shares her memories of trying to fly to Buenos Aires from Paris on Christmas Eve.
In “Santa’s Big Helper,” Lex Williford shares his memories of being a young boy at Christmastime after the death of his baby brother, and how it relates to his experience as an older father to young children.
ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: Benjamín Alire Saenz shares his early memories of Christmas and why the holiday means more to him later in life.
AND, In “Mr. Microphone,” Daniel Chacón shares a mall-shopping Christmas memory and why it had an impact on him and how he celebrates the holiday.
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