WRITE...REFLECT...REIMAGINE

Write…Reflect…Reimagine Ⓡ is the official podcast of Casa de María Publisher, an independent publishing house committed to amplifying diverse and underrepresented voices.

This podcast series is a sanctuary for emerging and established marginalized writers, poets, and screenwriters seeking both inspiration and practical strategies to navigate the publishing world.

Each episode features powerful conversations with published authors, visionary poets, and industry professionals who have carved their own path in a system that often overlooks their stories.

Listeners will gain access to behind-the-scenes insight, creative routines, and actionable advice—from writing residencies to manuscript pitching, self-publishing, traditional routes, and everything in between.

Guest

Peggy Robles-Alvarado

Peggy Robles-Alvarado is an award-winning educator, poet, performer, playwright, and producer. She is a Jerome Hill Foundation Fellow in Literature, a three-time International Latino Book Award winner, and a BRIO Award recipient. Her latest poetry collection, BURN ME BACK (Four Way Books), was named a 2025 Booklist Editors’ Choice for Adult Poetry. Her work appears in The BreakBeat Poets Vol. 4: LatiNext, ¡Manteca!, Great Weather for MEDIA, and What Saves Us, as well as in Poets.org, The Common, and NACLA. She has been featured at Lincoln Center, the Smithsonian Institution, PEN America, Harvard University, and the Dodge Poetry Festival. As a season educator, Peggy holds two master’s degrees in education and an MFA in performance studies. She is the founder of Robleswrites Productions, creating literary spaces that center intergenerational storytelling, creativity, and equity.

Guest appearance on:

The Courage to Begin with Peggy Robles-Alvarado