Poet, journalist and educator Alan Chazaro talks about changing his profession from high school teacher to full time writer, how poetry has helped him define his identity as a Mexican-American from the Bay Area and the early relationships that have shaped him. He also shares two powerful poems from The Piñata Theory. 

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He reads two poems from ‘Piñata Theory’

Show host - Alba Frederick 

Originally broadcast on Reel Rebels Radio

Music : Gavin O’Brien - Citóg