Day 16: A House Waiting for Music

First reading David Hernandez's poetry in his provocatively-titled 2006 collection, Always Danger, I invited him to submit to the third issue of The Five-Two's print chapbook predecessor, The Lineup, which wound up including two of his previously-unpublished poems.

For this year's tour, from David's first collection, here's "Lisa", inspired by his wife, writer Lisa Glatt. —Gerald So

CrimeWAV 55: The Lineup Returns

Episode 55 is live!

Seth Harwood and I introduce The Lineup's second CrimeWAV podcast. Lineup 3 contributors Carrie McGath, James M. McGowan, and Jackie Sheeler read with Richie Narvaez and me.

Listen to CrimeWAV #55: The Lineup Returns.

Carrie reads her poem, "The Crimes of Cat-Calling".

Jackie reads her poems, "Anthony Baez" and "Another Hallway Altar in the Projects".

James reads his poem, "Running For Home".

Richie reads "Ride-along" and "Tuesday A.M." by Sarah Cortez, "Community Service" by David Hernandez, and "Other Conclusions" by James Sallis.

Finally, I read "Takeout (as we roll)" by Henry Chang, "Certain Methods" by David S. Pointer, and "Independence Day, 1976" by Wallace Stroby.

If you enjoy poems from this episode, you can buy The Lineup 3 in print, Kindle, or Nook format.

Huge thanks again to Seth, the contributors, and performers.

David Hernandez

David Hernandez's poetry collections include Always Danger (Southern Illinois University Press, 2006), winner of the Crab Orchard Series in Poetry, and A House Waiting for Music (Tupelo Press, 2003). His YA novels include No More Us for You and Suckerpunch, both published by HarperCollins. His poems have appeared in FIELD, The Threepenny Review, Ploughshares, The Missouri Review, TriQuarterly, The Southern Review, and Poetry Daily. His drawings have also appeared in literary magazines, including a feature in Indiana Review. David currently teaches at University of CaIifornia, Irvine. He lives in Long Beach and is married to writer Lisa Glatt.