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WORDS ON A WIRE: Remembering Francisco X. Alarcón and C.D. Wright

  Host Daniel Chacón remembers 2 poets who died within days of each other this month.  The famed Chicano poet Francisco X. Alarcón died on January 15, and award-winning American poet C.D. Wright died in her sleep on January 12.  Daniel opens the show with a poem by Alarcón, and reflects on a 2012 "Words on a Wire" interview with C.D. Wright.

Aired Jan. 24, 2016

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