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Buscando America on 11/26/19

Airs at: Tue, 11/26/2019 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Produced for:  Buscando America
En cabina  Edna Vázquez presenta su nuevo LP  "Bésame Mucho" donde grabó con Pink Martini. En este programa hablamos sobre la organización  No Más Muertes // No More Deaths y el juicio que enfrentó Scott Warren por proporcionar agua y comida a migrantes que cruzan el desier... Read more

Mr. Jones's Neighborhood 11/29/19

Airs at: Fri, 11/29/2019 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
On today’s show, we discuss the life and work of the late Grace Paley, one of the true masters of the short story form, and a great poet, essayist, and activist, as well. There’s no one better to talk Grace with than our guest Judith Arcana, author of the book Grace Paley’s... Read more

Jang

Airs at: Thu, 11/21/2019 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Express Yo'self
On this episode, Ji interviews Jang about his rapping career. Also in the studio is his manager, Jesus, and girlfriend, Sarah. His music can be found on SoundCloud by searching for “Jang”. He can be supported on Instagram @jangrx or Twitter @rxjang. The song playing in the... Read more

Featured guest: Jessica Tyner Mehta

Airs at: Mon, 01/06/2020 at 10:00pm - 11:00pm
Produced for:  Wider Window Poetry
Brandy NālaniMcDougall's poem "He Mele Aloha no ka Niu" : https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/89747/he-mele-aloha-no-ka-niu   Featured guest: Jessica Tyner Mehta https://jessicamehta.com/ Read more

Featured guest: SAM ROXAS-CHUA 姚

Airs at: Mon, 12/02/2019 at 10:00pm - 11:00pm
Produced for:  Wider Window Poetry
Perhat Tursun's "Elegy" : https://medium.com/fairbank-center/uyghur-poetry-in-translation-perhat-tursuns-elegy-902a58b7a0aa   Featured guest: SAM ROXAS-CHUA 姚 , https://www.samroxaschua.com/ Read more

Buscando America on 11/19/19

Airs at: Tue, 11/19/2019 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Produced for:  Buscando America
En esta emisión tuvimos al canta autor Salvadoreño Tito Amaya en cabina. Desde Santiago de Chile, un reporte del periodista americano Josh Harper con opiniones sobre la crisis en Chile. En Krónicas de Viaje Karen Torrente  presenta a Maria Compás música y poeta  que musica... Read more

Buscando America on 11/12/19

Airs at: Tue, 11/12/2019 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Produced for:  Buscando America
Escucha sobre la liberación de Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva y sobre la crisis actual en Bolivia en una conversación con  Gisela Rodríguez socióloga y docente del Portland State University. Krónikas de Viaje presenta al poeta chiapaneco Balam Rodrigo con poemas de su Libro Cen... Read more

Episode 2

Airs at: Tue, 11/05/2019 at 8:00am
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Eyes Bottle Dark with a Mouthful of Flowers

Airs at: Thu, 11/28/2019 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Between The Covers
  “On its surface, Eyes Bottle Dark with a Mouthful of Flowers is an examination of toxic masculinity through the lens of a queer, indigenous Southwesterner, a book in which alcoholism, violence, and sex under cover of night are both ruefully and sensually described. But e... Read more

"Some Places More Than Others," Renee Watson, 11/7/19

Airs at: Thu, 11/07/2019 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Black Book Talk
Everything and everyone has a story, a beginning.      All Amara wants for her birthday is to visit her father's family in New York City—Harlem, to be exact. She loves her home in Beaverton, but can't wait to finally meet her Grandpa Earl and cousins in person, and to stay... Read more