Love

LINA & BABY

On a Saturday evening at a 5-for-Rupees 500.00  beauty salon, Lina is getting her eyebrows…

Hector’s Woman

Gloria walked into La Media Noche bodega tired and hungry. She’d worked a double shift…

Julio’s Footprints

“It’s time, lindo. I’m going out of business.”   “No way.” I sink into the worn…

Making Boardwalks out of Borders

by Lydia Flores there is a languagethe tongue cannotkiss the teeth to speakbut there is…

Time Travel

after years of searching, i found you
without knowing I was searching, i found you

a guitar made of telephone wire

reaching &
yes
remembering facts that dance with color
that breathe shades & hues & vibrate
sing

Death of a Family

I. When did we become mortal enemies? You campaigned early and hard to be our…

excerpt from Hot with the Bad Things

Small death.      Small shame Photograph of a small room emptied      …

Redacted from History

Tú Eres la testiga a mi entrega, Staring out a 10th floor window onto a…

Bowerbird
Image Credits: Isotta Cuccodoro