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Tlaquaches

  i. I don’t recall the first time I saw a tlaquache, an opossum, though…

Microeditorial: Am I White?

  Part One It is seventh grade, and my English teacher, in the middle of…

Questions From My Daughters

  November 9, 2016 Nine: Did Hillary Clinton win? Nine: Are they sure? Did they…

Microeditorial: It Matters. Vote!

On October 1st of this year, my cousin Kevin flew from Bogota to Barranquilla, Colombia…

My Great Grandmother in the Kitchen

  She watches me, her transparent face reflecting in panes of glass, echoing in gas…

Upon Viewing my Daughter Drowning as a [Continuous Loop]

the   water  is   deafness pulling         a      …

The Eternal Pursuit of the Whale’s Song

My fiancé Simon, my mother, and I boarded Air Hawaii from the Houston Intercontinental Airport…

Tía Milena / Milena Tía

“A quien Dios no le da hijos, el diablo le da sobrinos.” I never understood…

Tita Norma Wore a Headscarf

Two hunched-over, broken-down, little old brown ladies amble up your block. Their wrinkled heads wrapped…