On this special fund drive show, we talk with author, poet, teacher and activist Aya de Leon about her first novel, Uptown Thief, her writing career and growing up in the movement in Berkeley. Uptown Thief is the story of a Puerto Rican/Nuyorican sex worker-turned-feminist health worker who turns to robbing rich men to save her clinic. Aya discusses her views … Continued
Host/producer Nina Serrano interviews the 3 poet laureates of Richmond CA.: Dante Clarke, Lincoln Bergman and Linda Quintanilla. They read from their original poems and each discuss their poetic process.
Nina Serrano interviews two exciting authors: Kathleen Weaver, poet, translator and editor; and Leon Salvatierra a Nicaraguan/San Francisco poet whose latest work chronicles the immigrant experience. Both poets read their original poems and discuss them. Enjoy!
Nina Serrano interviews prizewinning poet Judy Wells about her delightful book, The Glass Ship. Judy Wells reads from her work, spinning out a fanciful, yet profound tale based on Irish islander myths mixed with humor and playfulness. The poems record the journey of a woman sea captain who encounters a series of interesting characters on the various islands … Continued
Nina Serrano, host producer interviews the dynamic Newyorican-San Francisco poet Sandra Garcia Rivera. The multi-talented Sandra Gracia Rivera shares her poetry and music, filling us in the Puerto Rican poetry scene along the way. I add a poem or two of my own. It is all for your soulful listening pleasure. Produced by Nina Serrano … Continued
We spend the hour with Nina Serrano, prize-winning poet, activist, filmmaker, playwright, and radio host. Besides producing programs on politics and culture for KPFA over the last four decades, Nina is cofounder of the Mission Cultural Center and former director of San Francisco Poetry in the Schools. She was the first foreign woman to travel … Continued
In “The Pursuit of Happiness,” Jack writes about his first deep experience of poetry: “I had come to my hometown, Port Chester, New York, in 1943. When I left in 1958 I understood myself to be a poet. My essay, ‘Home/Words,’ in Exiles (1996) deals with the moment in 1955 at which I discovered poetry. … Continued
