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Podcast: Poetry Unbound
Episode: Brenda CĂĄrdenas â This Is Why
Description: Why do we do the things we do when weâre young? Brenda CĂĄrdenas recalls nights sneaking out of the house as a teenager, looking for highs, looking for company. âWhy would you do that?â is the adult question throughout the poem. âWhy wouldnât I?â is a reply.Brenda CĂĄrdenas is the author of the poetry collection Trace (Red Hen Press, 2023). CĂĄrdenaâs works include Boomerang (Bilingual Press, 2009), the chapbook Bread of the Earth/The Last Colors (Decentralized Publications, 2011), co-authored with her husband Roberto Harrison, and From the Tongues of Brick and Stone (Momotombo Press...