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Award-winning poet Wayne Lee returns to the KSFR studios with his sixth collection of poetry, Dining on Salt: Four Seasons of Septets. His most personal and poignant volume yet, Wayne committed to a year of writing a 7-line poem each day. Not long into his writing discipline his beloved wife Alice, who had lived for 20 years with a rare neurological disease, took her own life. An intimate interview, as silent as radio allows, touched by Wayne’s quiet readings, an episode for all of us who have lost a loved one. Or who simply love.

We begin with a personal glimpse into our country’s past during the McCarthy era with gifted poet and writing guide Joanne Fay Brown. Growing up as a child of activist parents was not always easy for Joanne, her first poetry collection, Independence Day, reveals her struggles to forge independence from her idealistic parents as they fought intimidation and struggles of their own. Today, Joanne offers sought-after support and inspiration for women recovering from breast cancer through her writing workshops.

Continuing our intimate conversation with Kristena Prater on her beautiful book, Tessa Eyes on The World. Part 1 aired on March 20th. Today we drop deeper into Tessa’s inspiring young life, learn more about her brother Xavier, and how Kristena and all her family are inspired daily by Tessa’s service and joy.

A few months after graduating high school in Santa Fe, Tessa Horan journeys to the Himalayas to further her studies in Buddhism. What she encounters opens her eyes to disparities of cultures that shock her and which inform and strengthen humanitarian actions for the rest of her life. Kristena Prater deepens our understanding in Tessa: Eyes on The World written from her own heart as a mother and giving voice to her firstborn daughter through poetry, journals and dream sequences that weave seamlessly into this beautiful book.

Author, activist and multi-award winning visionary poet, Mary Gilliland, returns with her long-form piece, In The Pool of The Sea’s Shoulder. A reimagined story of her younger brother, “Freddy,” and his own breakthrough work. Mary intends to “charm, alarm and galvanize” readers and does so with words that reveal beauty and true familial love. Published by Dancing Girl Press. Mary Gilliland.com

A delightful 23 minutes with Robert Wolf, former playwright, Chicago Tribune feature writer and co-founder of Free River Press and long-time Santa Fe children’s author Bonnie Larson to celebrate the launching of Coyotes and Stars: Stories from The American Southwest. With essays from more than 50 local and loved townspeople, villagers and esteemed “characters,” Coyotes and Stars forms a landscape of our ancient, enchanted region. Meet Robert, Bonnie and many others at Santa Fe’s main library on Washington Ave. Friday, May 30th at 4:30

Xubi speaks with Jay Coghlan of Nuclear Watch New Mexico. The discussion centers on renewed U.S. talk of nuclear weapons testing, expanded plutonium pit production at Los Alamos, and a broader nuclear modernization program that Coghlan argues signals a new global arms race.

Xubi is joined by Lena German, executive director of STEM Santa Fe. The discussion focuses on the annual STEM Pathways for Girls Conference and broader efforts to increase girls’ participation in STEM and STEAM fields amid persistent gender underrepresentation.