Podcast appearances and mentions of Jimmy Santiago Baca

In this opening session of the Haiku and Poetry series, Roshi Joan Halifax introduces a distinguished panel including Kazuaki Tanahashi, Jane Hirshfield, Ian Boyden, and Jimmy Santiago Baca. Each teacher shares their unique approaches to poetry as practice: […]

In this third full session of the Haiku and Poetry program, Jimmy Santiago Baca brings his characteristic energy and authenticity to the practice of writing haiku. Drawing on his background as a formerly incarcerated […]

This is the 2nd part of … The third full session of the Haiku and Poetry program, where Jimmy Santiago Baca brings his characteristic energy and authenticity to the practice of […]

This week poet and screenwriter Jimmy Santiago Baca joins Jimmy Patiño and me to talk about his 1993 epic Blood In Blood Out. We talk about Jimmy's life story, the challenges facing Chicanos in the 70s & 80s and the film's legacy today. This is a special pod. Hope you like it.About our guests:Jimmy Santiago Baca is a poet and activist of Chicano and Apache descent and author of Martin and Meditations on the South Valley (1987), which received the 1988 Before Columbus Foundation's American Book Award in 1989. In addition to over a dozen books of poetry, he has published memoirs, essays, stories, and a screenplay, Blood In Blood Out (aka Bound by Honor) (1993), which was  directed by Taylor Hackford.Jimmy Patiño seeks to critically excavate alternative imaginings of democratic practice among aggrieved communities in the midst of global capitalism. Concentrating on Mexican-origin and broader Latino/a/x communities at the U.S. Mexico Border and in major U.S. urban settings, his work attempts to dialog about the ways that concepts of race, gender and nation create hegemonic class disparities AND formulate an array of identities that mobilize social movements and initiate class struggles on multiple fronts. His first book, Raza Sí, Migra No: Chicano Movement Struggles for Immigrant Rights in San Diego asserts that important contingents of Mexican-origin activists in the U.S. engaged, across generations, the crisis over the “illegal alien“ through attempts at organizing the Mexican-origin community across differences of national affiliation and citizenship status. Focusing on San Diego due to its vital positioning as both urban and border space where consistent migration and race-based border policing has occurred, the project illuminates a serious challenge to deportation-oriented immigration policies between 1968 and 1986 through the ideological prism of Chicano self-determination. He is now working on a number of other projects, including a study that investigates the conceptualization and historical practice of solidarity primarily through the lens of African American, Chicana/o/x, and Puerto Rican sites of struggle in the twentieth century. Important to this investigation are the ways regional differences and geo-historical contexts facilitated articulations of Black-Brown/Afro-Latinx diasporic solidarities and how these articulations led to counter hegemonic activities and theories of revolution across local, national and transnational boundaries. Through a relational and comparative framework, the study will ground these analyses in historical activities in the Midwest, Texas, California and New York in the burgeoning Black and Brown Power movements at the mid to late 20th century. His broader research and teaching interests include Comparative Ethnic Studies, Chicano/a-Latino/a History, diaspora/transnationalism/borderlands, social movements and political mobilizations, and Cultural Studies.

Museum of International Folk Art curators Patricia Sigala and Chloe Accardi are dedicated to co-collaborating exhibitions alongside community members. For the upcoming exhibition, Between the Lines: Prison Art & Advocacy, this commitment to community feedback and engagement is particularly strong. What began as a small exhibition in the museum's Gallery of Conscience last year, will be opening as a much larger show on August 9, 2024. Between the Lines: Prison Art & Advocacy will feature a wide range of prison art from across the country and the world. Local collaborations with formerly incarcerated Santa Fe artists and children whose home lives have been impacted by incarceration have been crucial to the process.  MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE EC0501: Listen to the Land: Art at Bosque Redondo with Dakota Mace, Daisy Trudell-Mills, and Kéyah Keenan Henry Santa Fe YouthWorks Sites of Conscience Brown v Board of Education School-to-Prison Pipeline initiative Love Pa' Mi Gente Shine Through Me, by Jimmy Santiago Baca in the Spring 2024 issue of El Palacio John Paul Granillo  Carlos Cervantes Golden Venture  We'd love to hear from you! Send feedback to elpalacio@dca.nm.gov. You can write a regular email or record a short voice memo and attach it for us to listen to. Visit https://newmexicoculture.org for info about our museums, historic sites, virtual tours, and more. Our favorite way to fully experience everything they have to offer is with the New Mexico CulturePass. Find out how to get yours here. Subscribe to El Palacio Magazine *** Encounter Culture, a production of the New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs, is produced and edited by Andrea Klunder at The Creative Impostor Studios. Hosted by Emily Withnall, editor at El Palacio Magazine Executive Producer: Daniel Zillmann Technical Director & Post-Production Audio: Edwin R. Ruiz Recording Engineer: Kabby at Kabby Sound Studios in Santa Fe Editor & Production Manager: Alex Riegler Editor: Monica Braine (Assiniboine/Lakota) Theme Music: D'Santi Nava Instagram: @newmexicanculture and @elpalaciomagazine For a transcript and full show notes, please visit podcast.nmculture.org

The gorls chop up some gorgeous lines before playing Mean, Queen, or Blue Jean.Support Breaking Form!Review the show on Apple Podcasts here.Buy our books:     Aaron's STOP LYING is available from the Pitt Poetry Series.      James's ROMANTIC COMEDY is available from Four Way Books."It was a time when they were afraid of him" is from Jimmy Santiago Baca's poem "Ancestor""An opening to a story should be / unremarkable" is from Catherine Chen's " My Poem Asks to Be Read Right to Left""Things happen when you drink too much mescal" is from Moira Egan's "Bar Sonnet # 11"Rabindranath Tagore's poem "Gitanjali 11" begins: "Leave this chanting and singing and telling of beads! Whom dost thou worship.""Crickets are stitching the afternoon" is how Rosanna Warren begins her poem "Boletus" "Arlene learned to dance backwards in heels that were too high" is the start of Patricia Smith's poem "Siblings""I will die in Paris, on a rainy day," writes Cesar Vallejo at the beginning of his "Black Stone Lying on a White Stone" "Monterosa, your body is dead on Avenue A." is from Jack Agueros's "Sonnet for Angelo Monterosa""We kept war in the kitchen" is the beginning of Reetika Vazirani's  "Dream of the Evil Servant""This did not happen" begins Thylias Moss's poem "Did Not Happen"Watch "10 Things Joseph Sikora Cannot Live Without" from GQ here.Check out Forbes's list of The Most Comfortable Heels That Consistently Earn Top ReviewsPattiann Rogers is the author of at least 17 books, including most recently Flickering, just published in April of 2023. Read this interview with her in Lit HubThe Frank O'Hara line I reference in the game "Queen, Mean, or Blue Jean" is "Poem [Lana Turner Has Collapsed" which you can read here.For more tea about Virginia Woolf and her paid domestic workers, read this review.

Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, gather around to hear the latest word from our great leaders, Aaron, Abraham, Efren, and Josh as they talk about today's word, dictate. Their word goes, so make sure to take dictation so you can catch every delicious and deadly implication. Marvel as they weave Hitler into the conversation in a mere 11 minutes. Be amazed as they discuss dictatorial cities, governments, and more. Efren brings a poem by Jimmy Santiago Baca that reminds us all that poems aren't all sunshine and roses, but you probably already knew that. After all, you are a graduate of the University of Extreme Vocabulary. Class is over, and this episode is your diploma! That's right, we resurrected this podcast just to give it a proper sendoff (at least in its current form). But stay in touch with us by emailing us at extremevocabulary@gmail.com or by commenting here. It's been real!

Listen to this free-wheeling conversation with acclaimed poet, memoirist, screenwriter and educator Jimmy Santiago Baca. We talk about the gift of saying 'no,' the unexpected byproducts of incarceration, his upcoming writers retreat, and hear him read several of his poems from his 50-year writing career. You can learn more about Jimmy on his website, at the Poetry Foundation, and find out about his upcoming writers retreat in Albuquerque, New Mexico here. The documentary based on his novel "A Place to Stand" can be seen on YouTube. You can also watch the film directed by Taylor Hackford, Bound by Honor, based on Jimmy's life here.

This week Matt and I discuss one of my all time favorite films. 1993's Blood In Blood Out starring Jesse Borrego, Damian Chapa, and Benjamin Bratt. As well as a stacked cast of some of the greatest character actors ever. This film is an epic that should be seen by everyone. I'll let our recording speak for itself. FOr this one we tried out El Mero Mero Mezcal, the espadin expression. I had never had it before but felt it was worth trying since it reminded me of the movie. It was a great pour and I'm excited to try their other expressions soon.If you're interested in hearing more about Blood In Blood Out then check out my episode where I talk with screenwriter Jimmy Santiago Baca about his experiences that influenced the making of this film as well as other little known facts about the production. You can watch it here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8qEuLRsUBA

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Antonio Salazar-Hobson was kidnapped from his home in Mexico at the age of four. He was trafficked for several years at a famous ranch in California, and he attempted suicide at the age of nine. On this episode of Watching America, we hear from Salazar-Hobson about his new memoir, “Antonio, We Know You.” He shares how Cesar Chavez saved his life and purpose, leading him to law school and an eventual reunion with his family. antoniosalazarhobson.com

The bros find out they're bound by honor in this week's episode about the 1993 film, Blood In Blood Out. Written by Jimmy Santiago Baca, Jeremy Iacone, and Floyd Mutrux and Directed by Taylor Hackford. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thefilmbrospodcast Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4g9YbMBwRIKzDTV4uXt5Eg The bros Letterboxd's: @_isaiahlucas @lilabey @NickGowinPlaces

Lisa Suhair Majaj is the author of the prize-winning poetry volume Geographies of Light, published by Del Sol Press. Jimmy Santiago Baca is a Chicano and Apache poet living in New Mexico. Jericho Brown is a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet. Deesha Philyaw is the author of the award-winning short story collection, The Secret Lives of Church Ladies. “Aysha” is a woman from Kabul, Afghanistan. Aysha on Reveal: https://revealnews.org/podcast/for-20-years-i-saw-no-peace/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lisa Suhair Majaj is the author of the prize-winning poetry volume Geographies of Light, published by Del Sol Press. Jimmy Santiago Baca is a Chicano and Apache poet living in New Mexico. Jericho Brown is a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet. Deesha Philyaw is the author of the award-winning short story collection, The Secret Lives of ChurchContinue reading "Majaj x Baca x Brown x Philyaw x “Aysha”"

Working remotely creates challenges to the creativity, cohesiveness and culture of any professional firm. How do you get to know each other and foster community when you're stuck on video calls all day and you've lost the spontaneity of seeing people in the office? For some of the lawyers in Milbank's Los Angeles office, the answer was to form a book club. In this episode, host Allan Marks sits down with partner Henry T. Scott and junior associates Nickta Hoss and Lucy Stanley to talk about the book club they founded and how they picked their summer reading list – Martín & Meditations on the South Valley by Jimmy Santiago Baca, The Bomber Mafia by Malcolm Gladwell, Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu, and Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro – and the surprising and candid conversations these books sparked about inclusivity, empathy, mentoring, and overcoming imposter syndrome. About the SpeakersHenry T. Scott is a partner in the Los Angeles office of Milbank and a member of the firm's Project, Energy and Infrastructure Finance Group. Read MoreNickta Hoss is an associate in the Los Angeles office of Milbank LLP and a member of the firm's Global Project, Energy and Infrastructure Finance Group. Lucy Stanley is an associate in the Los Angeles office of Milbank LLP and a member of the firm's Global Project, Energy and Infrastructure Finance Group.Podcast host Allan Marks is one of the world's leading project finance lawyers. He advises developers, investors, lenders, and underwriters around the world in the development and financing of complex infrastructure projects, as well as related acquisitions, restructurings and capital markets transactions. Mr. Marks also serves as an Adjunct Lecturer at the University of California, Berkeley at both the Law School and the Haas School of Business.For more information and insights, visit Milbank.com and

In this special episode, Chicano poet/writer Jimmy Santiago Baca joins me to discuss his work on the film 'Blood In, Blood Out'. Jimmy shares his experience being incarcerated, his early inspirations for writing, being involved with 'American Me' for a short moment, how and why 'Blood In, Blood Out' came to be, and his collaboration with the director and actors, and how young Chicanos need to read more and support other Chicano artists.He also drops a major bombshell that fans of 'Blood In, Blood Out' will be very excited to hear!www.jimmysantiagobaca.comFollow us on Instagram @drinksandamoviepod

“Things We Did Not Know About Staying Alive,” a review of Jimmy Santiago Baca's novel American Orphan. Shaun Griffin is a poet and writer who hopes to bring some part of that world to you every other week on KWNK with a new audio segment on Sundays at 5pm. Listen back below on Spotify or on 97.7FM mixed into our regularly scheduled program.

Episode 409 also includes an E.W. Essay titled "Melody." Our Associate Producer Dr. Michael Pavese reads "Five Jazz Poems" by poets E.E Cummings, Freddington, Jimmy Santiago Baca and David Lessard. We have an E.W. poem called "Umbrella." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Django Reinhardt, Stephane Grapelli, Kevin Morby, Karen Mason, Carmen McRae, Frank Sinatra, Mable Mercer, Bransford Marsalis and Terence Blanchard. Commercial Free, Small Batch Radio Crafted in the West Mountains of Northeastern Pennsylvania... Heard All Over The World. Tell Your Friends and Neighbors.

The people Israel are invited to create a sanctuary. They give and they give. The poem “I Am Offering this Poem by Jimmy Santiago Baca speaks to this idea of giving. “I love you.”

Meghan and Harry dropped in by zoom to surprise participants in a 'Get Lit' Black History Month poetry class - thrilling the people there! February marks Black History Month in the US. Started in America in order to remember the important people and events in the history of the lives of people of African decent, Black History Month was first proposed in the format of a month-long celebration by black educators and the Black United Students at Kent State University, in Ohio. https://getlit.org/The Get Lit organization was founded in 2006 after Diane Lane created a one-woman show about the power of books and toured colleges, high schools, jails, and detention centers, taking New Mexican born poet Jimmy Santiago Baca with her. After the show closed, she says that she couldn’t bear the thought of cutting off the work completely, so she started teaching classic and spoken word poetry in high school. When the semester ended, the students wouldn’t leave, they insisted on meeting after school. The rest as they say is history. Today, the curriculum has expanded to over 100 schools throughout California, and is sold to schools all over the world. In a nutshell, Get Lit uses poetry to increase literacy in students across the US and across the world, and also promotes poetry as a way to empower youth and inspire communities. Poetry as a form as expression in its own right is really huge right now and is set to get even more popular following Amanda Gorman’s two inspiring and uplifting poetry recitals over recent weeks. Firstly at the Presidential Inauguration and then just before the coin toss at the NFL Superbowl. Meghan and Harry are said to have really engaged in the zoom poetry class with Meghan sharing some of her favorite poetry lines. The participants in their social media post praised the couple for being kind and for genuinely knowing how to connect with people, saying they were so grateful for the visit in honor of Black History Month. Participants posted that it was a most surreal yet epic experience!Keep looking out for future podcasts on all things Meghan, Harry and Archie.And check out my blog at www.kindthoughtsformeghanmarkle.com

New guest David joins Lauren to discuss the poet Jimmy Santiago Baca's biopic "Blood In Blood Out."

Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle 2004https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0366551/A Korean-American office worker and his Indian-American stoner friend embark on a quest to satisfy their desire for White Castle burgers.Stars: John Cho, Kal Penn, Ethan Embry The CureErik, a loner, finds a friend in Dexter, an eleven-year-old boy with AIDS. They vow to find a cure for AIDS together and save Dexter's life in an eventful summer.Stars: Joseph Mazzello, Brad Renfro, Aeryk Egan ENhttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112757/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1Love and Basketballhttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt5840520/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1Natiece, a college basketball star, has been dating Kansas, for a year and a half but they've never met in person. They both need to come clean about some big secrets, and see if their love can withstand the truth.Meshell Ndegeocello Bitterlyhttps://amzn.to/37OlmJzThe Goonies 1985 A group of young misfits called The Goonies discover an ancient map and set out on an adventure to find a legendary pirate's long-lost treasure.Stars: Sean Astin, Josh Brolin, Jeff Cohenhttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089218/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1Stand by Me 1986After the death of one of his friends, a writer recounts a childhood journey with his friends to find the body of a missing boy.Stars: Wil Wheaton, River Phoenix, Corey Feldmanhttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092005/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1The Sandlot 1993In the summer of 1962, a new kid in town is taken under the wing of a young baseball prodigy and his rowdy team, resulting in many adventures.Stars: Tom Guiry, Mike Vitar, Art LaFleurhttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108037/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1Crooklyn 1994Spike Lee's vibrant semi-autobiographical portrait of a school teacher, her stubborn jazz musician husband and their five kids living in Brooklyn in 1973.Alfre Woodard, Delroy Lindo, David Patrick Kelly https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109504/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1The Wood While dealing with a friend's cold feet on his wedding day, a writer reminisces about his youth with his best friends.Stars: Elayn J. Taylor, Omar Epps, Richard T. Joneshttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt0161100/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1Hoodwinked! 2005Little Red Riding Hood, the Wolf, the Woodsman, and Granny all tell the police the events that led up to their encounter.Stars: Anne Hathaway, Glenn Close, Patrick Warburtonhttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt0443536/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1Soul Food 1997One person can keep a family together and, when that one person is gone, a family can be torn apart.Stars: Vanessa Williams, Vivica A. Fox, Nia Longhttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120169/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1The Women of Brewster Place Based on the novel by Gloria Naylor, which deals with several strong-willed women who live in a rundown housing project on Brewster Place in an unidentified eastern city; across three decades, they struggle against poverty, bigotry, and weak, troublesome men.https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098674/plotsummary?ref_=tt_ov_plSuperbad 2007https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0829482/?ref_=nm_knf_t1Two co-dependent high school seniors are forced to deal with separation anxiety after their plan to stage a booze-soaked party goes awry.Stars: Michael Cera, Jonah Hill, Christopher Mintz-Plasse ENYouth in Revolthttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt0403702/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_48While his trailer trash parents teeter on the edge of divorce, Nick Twisp sets his sights on dream girl Sheeni Saunders, hoping that she'll be the one to take away his virginity.Stars: Michael Cera, Portia Doubleday, Jean Smart Misfits 2009-2013https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1548850/A group of young offenders doing community service get struck by lightning during a storm, and begin to develop superpowers.Stars: Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Joseph Gilgun, Iwan Rheon Creator: Howard OvermanBlood In Blood Out 1993https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106469/Based on the true life experiences of poet Jimmy Santiago Baca, the film focuses on step-brothers Paco and Cruz, and their bi-racial cousin Miklo.Stars: Damian Chapa, Jesse Borrego, Benjamin BrattFavorite Shorts:The Blue Umbrellahttps://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B00FPGR66U/ref=atv_dp_share_cu_rThe Birdshttps://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B00A6N77AM/ref=atv_dp_share_cu_rSanjay’s Super Teamhttps://youtu.be/MMh-XnorS64"Soar" - by Alyce Tzue | TheCGBroshttps://youtu.be/UUlaseGrkLcSearch CGI or TheCGBRosZack and Make a PornoZACK AND MIRI MAKE A PORNOhttps://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1190296-zack_and_miri_make_a_pornoNapoleon DynamiteLittle Miss SunshineCrashSex Ed In the Hood

An episode of just over 4.5 mins and the fourth in the Wednesday Warmers series, inspired by clothing in poetry. This one is by Jimmy Santiago Baca and is an offering of love and warmth. The poem begins at 2 mins 27 secs **New** - just adding the donate button as recently found out about this! Any contributions towards coffees, pencils and cat treats - and celestial socks! (and podcast/audio costs) gratefully received :) if you like x......................................................................................................................................................Please see more artwork, articles and info at www.rowenascotney.com Music by Podington Bear www.soundofpicture.com - 'Morning Mist'Artwork by Rowena ScotneyEpisode cover - 'I am offering this poem ... a scarf to wear over your hair' - watercolour sketchPodcast cover - 'Garden Robin' - feltingSupport the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/rowenascotney)

Anna C. Martinez is a local civil rights attorney, performance poet, mother and grandmother raised in Española, NM. First published in 2014 in La Palabra: the Word is Woman, and in Lowriting: Shots, Rides and Stories from the Chicano Soul with artists such as Lalo Alcaraz, Gustavo Arellano and ABQ Poet Laureate Emeritus Manuel Gonzalez, Anna is currently working on publishing her first book of poetry. She has opened for poets such as Buddy Wakefield, renowned performance artist Guillermo Gomez Peña and La Pocha Nostra, and in November will open for Irish poet Paul Muldoon and Jimmy Santiago Baca. Anna is on the board of directors of Burque Revolt Poetry Slam LLC and has held titles as ABQ XXX Haiku Champ, Chicano/a Slam Champ, 2019 City Slam Champ, and competed at the Southern Fried Poetry Slam, the largest poetry competition in the country.

Jimmy Santiago Baca reads “Poet’s Prayer” from his most recent book, Laughing in The Light. Baca is an award-winning American poet and writer of Chicano descent.

Generosidade é também um sentimento meio batido e muito comentado. Mas esse poema de Jimmy Santiago Baca nos ajuda a ir um pouco mais fundo no significado do sentimento. Poema original: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/53092/i-am-offering-this-poem

American Book Award winner Jimmy Santiago Baca, talks poetry, borders, and the pursuit of truth. He also reads from his new book, "When I Walk Through That Door, I Am" released in February 2019 from Penguin Random House. Get "When I Walk Through That Door, I Am" here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/607534/when-i-walk-through-that-door-i-am-by-jimmy-santiago-baca/9780807059357/ Visit our website: www.poetryspokenhere.com Like us on facebook: facebook.com/PoetrySpokenHere Follow us on twitter: twitter.com/poseyspokenhere (@poseyspokenhere) Send us an e-mail: poetryspokenhere@gmail.com

Diane Luby Lane is an award-winning literary activist, educator, actress, poet, author and the founder and executive director of Get Lit–Words Ignite, an LA-based arts education nonprofit that brings classic poetry to the street and street poetry into the classrooms to empower new generations in literature, self-expression and performing arts. By engaging teens in great works of literature, in-school and beyond, teens engage in their own futures and unearth their potential. In 2012 Lane created the now annual Classic Slam, the largest youth classic poetry festival in the nation. Lane’s Lit Kit, a standards based, in-school curriculum, has been adopted by schools throughout the U.S. and internationally. But that’s just part of her story. She is an actress with numerous commercial, TV and film credits and the author of the award-winning Get Lit Rising, published by Simon & Schuster and Words of Women, published by Samuel French. She is also the co-writer and co-producer of DANTE, an original adaptation of Dante’s Inferno, which stars Get Lit Poets. She was the playwright and star of the one-woman show Deep Sea Diving which she toured with Chicano poet and author Jimmy Santiago Baca. Diane is a TedX speaker, a graduate of the Annenberg Foundation’s Alchemy + Leadership Program, a Southern California Leadership Network Fellow and served on L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti’s Poet Laureate Committee and she is a recipient of the Presidential Lifetime Volunteer Service Award. Diane has changed the lives of hundreds of thousand of kids and reached hundreds of millions more through the power of poetry and storytelling. The biggest things that jumped out to me in our conversation were Diane’s total lack of fear of failure, her refusal to be complacent when things have been going well in her life and her willingness to follow her gut and keep trying things that seemed impossible. Progress is not a linear path and success is rarely what it seems. As you’ll hear, sometimes it even involves being a modeling talent scout in a Florida shopping mall. What Diane has done with Get Lit is hugely impressive. But as I learned from her, its success was anything but a foregone conclusion and it has its origins in thousands of hours of hard work and knocking on doors until she overcame the skepticism she encountered and someone gave her a chance to get the program started. Learn more about Diane at www.dianelubylane.com and find her on Instagram and Twitter @dianelubylane. For more info on Get Lit, visit www.getlit.org and follow them on Instagram and Twitter @getlitpoet.

Jimmy Santiago Baca reads an excerpt of a story from his new collection, When I Walk Through That Door, I Am: An Immigrant Mother’s Quest for Freedom, published in February by Beacon Press.

Jimmy Santiago Baca had a troubled upbringing, finding himself behind bars at only 17 years old. Whilst incarcerated, he discovered the power of knowledge and taught himself how to read. Jimmy began writing poetry and following his release, went on to become a world renowned poet, author and screenplay writer. We discuss a host of topics including the impact of positive and negative role models, prison models and much more.

Matt reads from a piece by a juvenile detention student, after Jimmy Santiago Baca's poem. He and Alvin celebrate the courage of voices from the underground. Matt shares about UW's new non-profit status, thanks board members, and gives an update from our friend Quiara Alegría Hudes' show Miss You Like Hell. Note: We are a creative writing program serving at-risk populations. We do not broadcast names or identifying details of the students we work with. LINKS OF INTEREST: What No One Ever Tells YouWhat's a "kite"?Jimmy Santiago BacaMiss You Like Hell | New York Trip Underground Writing: a literature-based creative writing program serving migrant, incarcerated, recovery, and other at-risk communities in Northern Washington through literary engagement and personal restoration.

The Children's Hour celebrates all the moms for Mother's Day. In the studio we interviewed 14 year old Hawthorne Bolger Witherspoon, an artist who's work illustrates a new book called South Valley, written by Jimmy Santiago Baca. And, we heard the winning essay of Youth Aldo Leopold Writing Contest read by its winner, Akshay Warrier. Katie the mom with her kids

Join us for two of three NWP Radio episodes, as we close out the 2018 National Poetry Month with interviews of NWP Writers Council members who will talk with us about their poetry, their writing, their process, and more. Part two features Jimmy Santiago Baca, an award-winning American poet and educator of Chicano descent.

This week on StoryWeb: Malcolm X and Alex Haley’s book, The Autobiography of Malcolm X. Malcolm X wrote his famed autobiography in collaboration with African American journalist Alex Haley (most famous for his epic book Roots: The Saga of an American Family). If you are one of the many Americans who believe Malcolm X espoused violence, even hate, I urge you to read this compelling book. It reveals Malcolm X as a much more nuanced thinker and leader than depicted in mainstream media. The Autobiography of Malcolm X resonates with so much other American literature before and after its publication in 1965 after Malcolm X was assassinated on February 21 of that year. Writing his first slave narrative more than a century earlier, Frederick Douglass emphasized literacy as the crucial key to freedom. Malcolm X, too, speaks of the transformation he experienced in prison when he came under the influence of a fellow inmate who inspired him to read voraciously and thereby educate himself. But Douglass also indicates that the physical act of fighting back against the slave breaker Mr. Covey was a turning point in his life as well. Similarly, Malcolm X, rather than promoting violence, reserved the right to self-defense, to fight back physically if pushed into a corner. Douglass’s story of transformation is pivotal not only because it tells how his journey to literacy liberated him but also because it was at the moment he defeated Covey that Douglass became a man – and Malcolm X builds on the tradition Douglass established. The Autobiography of Malcolm X also looks forward to Jimmy Santiago Baca’s memoir, A Place to Stand. In this book and in the film based on it, Baca tells a similar story of slowly, methodically, hungrily learning to read and write bit by bit while incarcerated in the infamous Arizona State Prison. Baca literally learns to read and write from scratch. Although Malcolm X was already literate when he entered prison, he had not finished school, and his passion for reading, learning, and gaining knowledge grew exponentially during his imprisonment. Both men were deeply changed when their prison time opened them up to larger ideas via the written word. Malcolm X has usually been portrayed as the polar opposite of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. It is true that Malcolm X, who espoused self-defense, even if that self-defense is violent, disagreed for most of his life with Dr. King, who espoused nonviolent direct action. But after his trip to Africa and to Mecca in 1964, Malcolm X repudiated the Nation of Islam and spoke out against racism while continuing to call for black self-determination and black self-defense. Malcolm X and Alex Haley worked on The Autobiography of Malcolm X between 1963 and 1965, before and after the trip to Africa and Mecca. That time span gives readers the opportunity to witness a spiritual conversion of sorts, as Malcolm X ultimately calls for black pride. Moreover, he calls for white allies to be “out on the battle lines of where America’s racism really is—and that’s their own home communities. . . . That’s where the sincere whites who really mean to accomplish something have got to work.” The transformative experience of gaining literacy and thus gaining a kind of inner freedom, the tale of an incomparable man’s role in the Civil Rights Movement, the story of a journey from the Nation of Islam to Mecca to an embracing of nonracist black pride – The Autobiography of Malcolm X is this and so much more. Too often, Americans, especially white Americans, equate Dr. King with love and Malcolm X with hate, Dr. King with nonviolence and Malcolm X with violence. But as James H. Cone shows in Martin & Malcolm & America, the two men’s journeys brought them closer together in their thinking toward the end of their lives, both of which were cut short by assassination. Next week, I’ll offer a look at Cone’s book. To learn more about Malcolm X, read his autobiography – and also make time to watch Spike Lee’s 1992 biopic, Malcolm X, starring Denzel Washington. You may also want to watch all or part of PBS’s outstanding Eyes on the Prize documentary series; the episode titled “The Time Has Come (1964-1965)” features Malcolm X. The book, the biopic, and the documentary will all give you insights into this fearless civil rights leader. Visit thestoryweb.com/malcolmx for links to all these resources and to watch a Great Books episode on The Autobiography of Malcolm X.

Generation Justice brings you a collection of our favorite stories of 2016. Join writers and poets like Jimmy Santiago Baca and Ebony Isis Booth and so many more as we revisit these stories of resilience in 2016. Sidni Lamb, founder of Mindful New Mexico and special guests Fleet Maul and Jimmy Santiago Baca, discuss the school to prison pipeline and the prison industrial complex. Ms. Booth gives insight into the reasons why Black people are targeted by police and shares poetry inspired by the grieving families of the young men murdered at the hands of police officers.

In celebration of the National Day on Writing, we visited with award-winning poet Jimmy Santiago Baca; family activist and co-director of the Family Story Project Mia Birdsong; and writer/educator Brian Mooney, along with some of Brian's students.

Join Sidni Lamb, founder of Mindful New Mexico and special guests Fleet Maul and Jimmy Santiago Baca as they discuss the school to prison pipeline and the prison industrial complex.

This week on StoryWeb: Jimmy Santiago Baca’s memoir and film, A Place to Stand. For Karen Bowen If you want a gritty, raw, punch-in-the-face but ultimately optimistic and life-affirming story, look no further than Jimmy Santiago Baca’s memoir, A Place to Stand, and the documentary film based on that memoir. I had the great fortune of attending a screening of A Place to Stand at the Boulder International Film Festival. My dear friend Karen Bowen, the coordinator of the BoulderReads literacy program, invited me to join her and dozens of other literacy professionals, volunteers, and activists from around Colorado. What a powerful setting to see this amazing film! Though I had heard Baca’s name and though I knew he was a prominent Native American and Chicano poet, I did not know his work firsthand nor did I know his story. Baca’s story is as unbelievable as it is inspiring. Abandoned by his parents at a young age and left by his grandmother to fend for himself in orphanages and detention centers, Baca turned to a life of violence and crime. At age 21, he found himself sentenced to mandatory no-parole for five to ten years, the harshest sentence allowed by law for his particular crime. Because his childhood had been so sketchy, he’d had little schooling, and when he went to prison, he was functionally illiterate with almost no reading ability. Baca’s memoir and the documentary movie (which he narrates through filmed interviews) tell the story of a young man consumed by hate, anger, and rage, a man capable of and guilty of unspeakable and horrific acts of violence against his fellow inmates. The film pulls no punches, and parts are hard to watch, as Baca and other interviewees describe his degradation and brutality. Ultimately, Baca was put into isolation for years, widely considered to be an inhumane way to treat prisoners. But in solitary, Baca begins little by little to find a way out of his degradation: he starts to share words with a fellow prisoner. Painstakingly, Baca teaches himself to read, then eventually to write. He quite literally learns reading and writing from scratch. Spurred on by the heady rush of learning, Baca begins to pour out his soul on paper – and slowly he begins to write poetry. How unlikely this birth of a poet in the walls of the infamous Arizona State Prison! If you want to know how Baca’s quest for literacy, poetry, and freedom turned out, you’ll have to read his memoir, A Place to Stand, or watch the documentary film, produced by his son Gabriel Baca. (The film is available for streaming at Amazon and many other online video services.) I found A Place to Stand to be riveting, compelling, outstanding filmmaking based on the true story of a real American hero. In his journey to become literate, Baca reminds me of Frederick Douglass, who also taught himself to read and write and who also achieved his freedom as a result. Where Douglass used his literacy to fight for the abolitionist movement, Baca has become a tireless fighter for prison literacy programs. His essay “Making the Rounds” is a powerful account of this work. To learn more about Baca and his journey, you might enjoy listening to the NPR piece on Baca: “Jimmy Santiago Baca, From Prison to Poetry.” To get a taste of Baca’s memoir, you can read an excerpt at The Sun magazine – a publication that has championed Baca’s work for many years. Seeing A Place to Stand was a powerful experience indeed, and how much more amazing it was to have Jimmy Santiago Baca and his son Gabriel at the theater that day! They spoke to us at the conclusion of the film, and I had the wonderful opportunity to speak with them in the book-signing line afterward. It’s a day I will not soon forget. Deep thanks to Karen and all the other folks who support literacy programs around the United States – and thanks to Jimmy Santiago Baca for his inspiring example. Visit thestoryweb.com/baca for links to all these resources and to watch the extended trailer for the documentary film A Place to Stand, which includes clips of Jimmy Santiago Baca reading from his work.

Jimmy Santiago Baca by Jeff Schechtman

He went from illiterate street kid, to world renowned poet. But it was in prison that Jimmy Santiago Baca connected with his Native American and Chicano heritage, and began learning the lessons of his people’s past. On this edition, Progressive Magazine editor Matthew Rothschild sits down with Jimmy Santiago Baca.

He went from illiterate street kid, to world renowned poet. But it was in prison that Jimmy Santiago Baca connected with his Native American and Chicano heritage, and began learning the lessons of his people’s past. On this edition, Progressive Magazine editor Matthew Rothschild sits down with Jimmy Santiago Baca.

Jason Yurcic talks and reads poetry at the UNM Bookstore, bookstore.unm.edu, in honor of National Poetry Month. The son of a murdered father and addict mother, Yurcic spent his youth at his grandfather’s junkyard in Albuquerque. A former professional boxer turned poet, he overcame a threatened 16-year jail sentence and a life of gangbanging and drugs. Yurcic’s poetry collections include “Odes to Anger” and “Voice of My Heart.” He works with New Mexico poet Jimmy Santiago Baca to bring writing workshops to prisons, juvenile detention centers and schools for at-risk youth.

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When Jimmy Santiago Baca started writing poetry in prison, it changed his life. “I’d be robbing banks. Probably if I hadn’t been caught I’d be on my 200,000th bank right now. But poetry stopped me. I put down the gun and picked up the pen,” he said. He founded Cedar Tree, Inc., a nonprofit organization, to empower prisoners, families of prisoners and at-risk youth through literacy and writing. This lecture was presented at the University of New Mexico on July 12, as part of the University Libraries Sunset Lecture Series.

Jimmy Santiago Baca talks about how poetry changed his life and Cedar Tree, Inc., the nonprofit he founded to empower prisoners, families of prisoners and at-risk youth through literacy and writing. He will speak on Saturday, July 12 at 7 p.m. in the UNM Student Union Building ballroom A.

A short but sweet talk from San Francisco’s very own Suvarnaprabha, in which she explores the Buddhist vision of compassion through her own experience of meditation and contact with inmates within the U.S. prison system. Moving stuff. Talk given at the Western Buddhist Order convention, 2005 Contents 01 Survanaprabha – poem by Jimmy Santiago Baca; a personal interest in violence 02 Violence as resistance in meditation; compassion as not resisting experience 03 Prisoners talking about self-perpetuating violence 04 The vastness of compassion; the difficulty of talking about shunyata and compassion 05 An anecdote about selflessness; quote from Shunryu Suzuki To help us keep this free, please think about making a donation.