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This episode features a conversation with poet Xavier Cavazos about his journey and the transformative power of sound and poetry.

Episode Topic: A Conversation with Xavier Cavazos Can sound truly mend a fractured soul? Savor this vibrant dialogue tracing poet Xavier Cavazos’s path from the Columbia Basin’s dust to Manhattan’s poetic fires. Listen in to the collision of Nuyorican energy and academic sanctuary in an oral history interview conducted by Karla Yaritza Maravilla Zaragoza. Witness the crackling energy of a life transformed through metamorphic verse. Featured Speakers: Xavier Cavazos, poetRead this episod...

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Host: Karla Yaritza Maravilla Zaragoza

Guest: Xavier Cavazos

Topics covered

• poetry
• oral history
• Nuyorican culture
• personal transformation
• creative expression

Keywords

• Xavier Cavazos
• poetry
• Nuyorican
• oral history
• transformation
• creative process
• Columbia Basin

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Organizations: ThinkND - University of Notre Dame

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