Following the Whale With Poet Amanda Hawkins

On the first Friday Morning Coffee of 2025, host Caitlin Malcuit discusses the Southern California wildfires.

Resources:

• Cal Fire Current Emergency Incidents

• California Fire Safe Council 

• NPR: "Inmates are fighting California wildfires"

• The Forestry and Fire Recruitment Program

• California Fire Map & Tracker

Poet Amanda Hawkins then chats with Daniel Ford about their debut collection When I Say the Bones I Mean the Bones.

Photo credit: Beowulf Sheehan

“Practice, dedication, and craft actually matter.”

— Amanda Hawkins

To learn more about Amanda Hawkins, visit their official website.

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