Sin Fronteras
Program #15 (March 18 at 7:00PM)
Sin Fronteras host Mihaela Maynard speaks with George Eklund, Associate Professor of English at Morehead State University, about his poetry, influences of the Spanish language on his writings and working with Mexican poet Mario Bojorquez.
George Eklund received his M.F.A. from the University of Iowa and has taught at MSU since 1989. He has been awarded the Al Smith Fellowship in Poetry by the Kentucky Arts Council and Morehead State's Distinguished Creative Productions Award.
His work has appeared in The American Poetry Review, Beloit Poetry Journal, Cimarron Review, The Iowa Review, The Laurel Review, The Massachusetts Review, Mid-American Review, The New Ohio Review, The North American Review, Visions International and Willow Springs, among many others.
Eklund's most recent book publications include Wanting to Be an Element (Finishing Line Press), Each Breath I Cannot Hold (Wind Publications) and The Island Blade (ABZ Poetry Press).
Part One
Part Two
Host: Mihaela Maynard
Guest: George Eklund
Producer: Paul W. Hitchcock
Open/Close theme music by Lara & Reyes ("Guitarras Hermanas" CD, Higher Octave Music, 1995)
Interlude music by Juan Serrano ("Sabor Flamenco" CD, Concord Picante, 1991)
