Poetry Jun 30 Benjamin Alire Sáenz Reads Meditations on Living in the Desert Benjamin Alire Sáenz is a Chicano poet, writer, professor and painter who has lived most of his life near the U.S.-Mexico border. He calls himself a "fronterizo" -- a Spanish word for border resident -- because, he says, the border… By newshourpoetry
Arts Jun 22 Preview: Poet Benjamin Alire Saenz Benjamin Alire Sáenz is a Chicano poet, novelist, professor and painter who lives near El Paso, Texas, just across the border from the Mexican town of Juarez. Much of his work addresses the land and people of the area. By Tom LeGro