Medea to Susan Smith, 1995

  It would have been better if we both had guns / if it had…

Interrogation

  He is perfect to whom the entire world is as a foreign place –Saint…

Swimming Lesson

    I found a pool and fell in. The water surrounds me while the…

Four Suitcases

At five years old, Armen would say, “I want,” and Karena would complete the sentence…

Love Story for a Foreign Girl

  1. Tell yourself, at least he’s kind. You don’t know this for sure, but…

Strange Leaves

  #immigrationshuffle   Steps off of bus. Downtown McAllen. After surrendering to Border Patrol. Given…

Almost Animal

  I heard they no longer sew eyelids of the dead shut. When I pressed…

Writing Home: An Introduction

Hiraeth is a homesickness for a home you cannot return to, a home that maybe…

What The Bear Knows

A black bear was on the run in Paterson, New Jersey. He appeared, seemingly from…

Ghosts

The signs started appearing again, and with them, the dreams that Soledad thought had disappeared…