Interview with Rudolfo Anaya. Sunday, September 16th, 2012.

44: Rudolfo Anaya, who is best known for his 1972 book “Bless Me, Ultima,” talks about the El Paso premiere of the movie based off this classic novel. Anaya speaks about his struggles to get one of the first Chicano literary text published, and how public education has supported and barred Chicano literature. Benjamin Alire Saenz reads the Poem of the Week – Lucille Clifton’s “At Last We Killed the Roaches.” This week’s Poetic License comes from Laurie Ann Guerrero, who reflects on a San Antonio poet who inspires her (“San Antonio is a Poem.”)

Interview with Eugene Gloria. Sunday, September 9th, 2012.

43: Eugene Gloria talks about his latest book “My Favorite Warlord.”  A visit to Kyoto re-incarnated a different book idea into his latest collection. The show also discusses the new millennium shifts in the publishing industry.

http://www.eugenegloria.com/

Benjamin Alire Sáenz shares his memories of Ciudad Ciudad Juárez in today’s Poetic License.

Interview with Reyna Grande. Sunday, August 26 th, 2012.

41: Ben & Daniel are back for a brand new season! This show talks with Reyna Grande, author of the new memoir "The Distance Between Us." She talks about why she was hesitant to write a memoir, why "cucuys" have played important roles in her life and writing process, and why she has a penchant for killing her characters.

http://www.reynagrande.com

Interview with Roberto Perezdiaz. Sunday, July 8 th, 2012.

40: Roberto Perezdiaz talks about how his short story collection, "Mas Sabe el Diablo," handles both innocence and maturity. He spent a year as a court translator, and Spanish-to-English translation work helped him craft language.

Interview with Javier O. Huerta. Sunday, June 17th, 2012.

37: Javier O. Huerta, whose latest book, "American Copia," captures the American immigrant experience through stories about the everyday grocery shopping grind. Huerta also talks about how the book grew out of a sentence that was assigned to him during his naturalization process. Huerta, Daniel, and Ben also engage in a discussion about whether "bad poetry" can still be good poetry. This week's Poem of the Week is "The Emperor of Ice-Cream," read by Daniel Chacon. This week's Poetic License features a contribution by Ire'ne Lara Silva, who reflects on "The Necessity of Nakedness. www.irenelarasilva.webs.com

Javier O. Huerta is a Mexican-American and Chicano poet. His first book Some Clarifications y otros poemas (Arte Publico 2007) was awarded the Chicano/Latino Literary Prize from the University of California at Irvine. Personal background Huerta was born in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico and immigrated to the United States with his mother and younger brother, crossing the Rio Grande river (Rio Bravo) in 1981. In 1986, he gained legal residency under the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 and became a US citizen in January 2000 after serving four years in the United States Navy. As of 2012, he resides in the Bay Area, California. Professional background Huerta also studies the laughter of poetry in the English PhD program at the University of California at Berkeley, where he teaches the following courses, "Politics and Poetics of Refusal," "Documents and the Literature of the Undocumented," and "Laughter and Literature.

Ire’ne lara silva has lived in Austin, TX since 1998. In that time, she has participated in many readings, coordinated writing workshops and literary festivals, edited a few literary magazines, and participated/coordinated in events with Red Salmon Arts/Resistencia Bookstore, Austin Hispanic Writers, and the Lunada Poetry Series, among others. From 2004 to 2008, she was the Executive Coordinator for the Macondo Writing Workshop/Macondo Foundation. She and Moises S. L. Lara are currently co-coordinators for the Flor De Nopal Literary Festival (December 2012) http://flordenopalliteraryfestival.wordpress.com/ ire’ne is also leading the Voz te ‘Viento discussion series on diabetes, illness, healing, and creativity: http://vozteviento.wordpress.com/