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WXXI Poetry Moments air at 1:20 p.m. on Classical 91.5, and at 2:04 p.m. on AM 1370, April 6-10; 13-17, 2020.WXXI celebrates poets and their words during the month of April, which is National Poetry Month. Once again this year, we will have a special series of Poetry Moments, created in collaboration with Rochester-based BOA Editions, celebrating more than 40 years of independent publishing.These WXXI/BOA Poetry Moments are an annual celebration. Our 2017 Poetry Moments are available here, our 2018 Poetry Moments are available here, and our 2019 Poetry Moments are available here.

Driving Around El Paso

Ray Gonzalez
Ray Gonzalez

Driving Around El Paso, Marvin Gaye’s ‘What’s Going On’ Comes on the Radio by Ray Gonzalez
Read by Jeffrey Clark

Ray Gonzalez is the author of fifteen books of poetry, including six from BOA Editions: The Heat of Arrivals (1997), winner of the PEN/Oakland Josephine Miles Book Award; Cabato Sentora (2000), a Minnesota Book Award Finalist; The Hawk Temple at Tierra Grande (2003), winner of the 2003 Minnesota Book Award; Consideration of the Guitar: New & Selected Poems (2005); Cool Auditor: Prose Poems (2009); and Beautiful Wall (2015).