This month’s guest is Alana Siegel, who was raised in Los Angeles, and is a graduate of Bard College. Her expressive engagements include poetry, photography, film, and theater. Her first published book, “Archipelago,” was released by Station Hill Press in 2012; other publications include the chapbooks The Occupations, Semata, and Words from Ra Ra Junction.

Blending words and sounds, bringing to the airwaves live performances as well as field and studio recordings by writers the host has crossed paths with over the course of a quarter century.