Denise Chávez's guest appearances

Denise Chávez

Words on a Wire

Tracy K. Smith

Philip Goff

Billy Collins

Reyna Grande

Luis Alberto Urrea

Philip Levine

Alfredo Corchado

Natalie Goldberg

Helen Lopez

Edward Hirsch

Gabriel Gomez

Nicole Georges

Mark Strand

Rita Mae Brown

Dan Chaon

OwlTail

Bobby Byrd

Ben &amp; Daniel talk with Lee &amp; Bobby Byrd, owners &amp; publishers for Cinco Puntos Press in El Paso.  They talk about how they were introduced to the world of publishing, and how Cinco Puntos became a home for books no one else would publish because they connected so closely with the border culture.  They also talk about the poetry collection “Beauty is a Verb” which features works written by writers with disabilities.    The Poem of the Week is read by Bobby Byrd, and comes from the “Beauty is a Verb” collection.  “Avoiding Rigidity” by Hal Sirowitz, who lives with Parkinson’s Disease.  Writer Denise Chávez will also be talking about the upcoming Border Book Festival, which takes place April 19-22 in Mesilla NM.

Interview with Lee & Bobby Byrd. Poetic license By Denise Chávez. 