{"id":12868,"date":"2018-04-26T19:20:35","date_gmt":"2018-04-27T02:20:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/?p=12868"},"modified":"2020-06-02T09:47:50","modified_gmt":"2020-06-02T16:47:50","slug":"april-27-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/april-27-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Jimmy Santiago Baca, The Line"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"850\" height=\"478\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sEgYSk_gN1o\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p>This week on New Mexico in Focus, Jimmy Santiago Baca sits down with NMiF Correspondent Megan Kamerick to talk about his journey as a writer. One of New Mexico\u2019s most celebrated writers, Baca has published volumes of poetry, essays, stories and novels. But he was mostly illiterate when, imprisoned at the age of 20, he taught himself to read and write. Baca talks about how reading saved his life and his work to inspire inmates and at-risk youth find their own unique voices. <\/p>\n<p>NMiF host Gene Grant and the Line opinion panelists take on a variety of timely topics, including election updates, how a pay raise controversy cost two Santa Fe city officials their jobs, and Governor Martinez\u2019s push to move ahead with a student retention plan despite legislative pushback.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Host:<\/strong> Gene Grant<\/p>\n<p><strong>Correspondent:<\/strong> Megan Kamerick<\/p>\n<p><strong>Studio Guest:<\/strong><br \/>\nJimmy Santiago Baca, Author and Poet<\/p>\n<p><strong>Line Panelists:<\/strong><br \/>\nTom Garrity, The Garrity Group PR<br \/>\nAndy Lyman, reporter for NM Political Report<br \/>\nSophie Martin, attorney<br \/>\nChristine Sierra, UNM political science professor emeritus<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week on New Mexico in Focus, Jimmy Santiago Baca sits down with NMiF Correspondent Megan Kamerick to talk about his journey as a writer. 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