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Jimmy Santiago Baca reads poems and prose from his body of work, including A Glass of Water (2009), A Place to Stand (2002), Healing Earthquakes (2001), Martín & Meditations on the South Valley (1987), and C-Train (Dream Boy's Story) and Thirteen Mexicans: Poems (2002).

Houston Baker reads widely from his work, including poems from No Matter Where You Travel, You Still Be Black (1979), Spirit Run (1982), and Blues Journeys Home (1985).

Rosemary Catacalos reads several poems from her first collection, Again for the First Time (1984), before sharing more recent poems, many of which would appear in anthologies throughout the 1990s. San Antonio, Texas, figures prominently, and key themes include multicultural identity and life in border communities.