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May 6, 20222 min read

Saudade Sestina

"I was the one without time, glancing at walls to see something / colorful plated in dirt." Poem by Thaina Joyce. A strong yearning to be...

Apr 15, 20229 min read

After the Protest

Interviewer Selene Lacayo and co-authors Marie Marquardt and Mayra Cuevas talk dress codes, social activism, the family kitchen, and...

Mar 28, 20227 min read

Xochitl Gonzalez Wears her Latinidad as a Badge of Honor

Staff Writer Selene Lacayo interviews Xochitl Gonzalez about her New York Times Bestselling novel, Olga Dies Dreaming. "I think that...

Jan 26, 20224 min read

Uprooted From Medellín

Flash Fiction and Soundscape by Julián Esteban Torres López. CW: Mentions of colonization and homophobia. Editor's Note: this piece is...

Jan 13, 20223 min read

Heirloom Geodes and Foundations

Creative nonfiction by Christiane Williams-Vigil Established in 1567, the quiet little mountain town of Santa Barbara, Chihuahua, became...

Jan 3, 20221 min read

In Texas

Poem by Melissa Nunez inspired by Texas gun and alcohol laws. In Texas you can order alcohol to go. Drive with bottle in holder, in hand....

Dec 26, 20211 min read

Soy una leyenda

No-ficción creativa de Selene Lacayo Soy una leyenda, pero no de esas de las que se hablan alrededor de una fogata o como un relato antes...

Dec 17, 20211 min read

SILENCE

Poem by Pedro Poitevin Unlike the blissful pinprick wound I felt some cardamom-infused October day, when the woman I love rose on her...

Dec 11, 20211 min read

Texas Spotted Whip Tail

Poem by Melissa Nunez regarding the hostile treatment of Haitian migrants by U.S. Border Patrol Agents. A grueling...

Nov 10, 20214 min read

Immigration: Terminology of Life-Building in the U.S.

Selene Lacayo details her experience as a Mexican immigrant to the U.S. in the footnotes of immigration terminology definitions.