2024 Fall – Longing

2024 Fall issue, “Longing” edited by Tanya Shirazi-Galvez with Adriana E. Ramírez

The day the DREAM Act failed – no graduation caps went up into the air…

She was large, looming, and the smell of plant life was thick. Had her visit to the shop been a violation?

I am teaching myself translation. Not to translate, but to better understand what it means…

In Fall 2023 I had the pleasure to speak to Diana Khoi Nguyen about her…

The Sunday that thirteen-year-old Patrina heard the news about Alejandro, she was selling Kool-Aid icee…

Summer’s unbothered streetlights, bitten legs.In this scene, it’s impolite to say mother, father; to saythis…

When she looked down at her husband the downpour had become a drizzle. Oltana didn’t…

I aim for bed, the bar is on the wayAnd you. I know that bright…

I was christened a lesbian when I was ten years old. My two best friends…

Eka felt the pressure on Tuesday morning as if she’d swallowed something large and heavy.…