Episode 23: Wounded Sparrows, memory, and the poetry of growth: a conversation with poet Octavio Quintanilla

Update: 2025-01-13

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In this captivating episode of The Writer and the Brain, a Words on a Wire production, host Daniel Chacón sits down with poet and artist Octavio Quintanilla at the Texas Book Festival to explore his latest poetry collection, The Book of Wounded Sparrows. This deeply personal collection delves into themes of family separation, dislocation, and the transformative power of memory and time. Octavio reflects on his journey as a poet, from his debut collection If I Go Missing to this profoundly intimate new work, revealing how his growth as an artist mirrors his evolution as a human being.

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Episode 23: Wounded Sparrows, memory, and the poetry of growth: a conversation with poet Octavio Quintanilla

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Episode 23: Wounded Sparrows, memory, and the poetry of growth: a conversation with poet Octavio Quintanilla