Carmela planted the tree on the very day she found out she was pregnant with her first child, whom she would name Antonio, after his father.
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Come on, Prieta!
Yasmín Ramírez delights and entertains us with her new book, ¡Ándale, Prieta!. In a conversation with VozEs, we gained insight into her creative process as she wrote a memoir inspired by “Ita,” the nickname she uses for “Grandma”…
Anise-flavored doughnuts
By Loli Molina The smell of freshly baked anise-flavored doughnuts filled the air in the courtyard of Block One, the one next to the highway, behind the school, and across from the old vacant lot that had once been a sugarcane field. The neighborhood was never really the countryside, but it was enoughto… Continue reading “Anise-Flavored Doughnuts”
WE COME TO YOU
By Kurma Murrain We drift in every direction Driven by Boreas, Zephyrs, Notus, and Eurus Carried by the clouds we see in our dreams We move like leaves following the seasons Disintegrating in winter Crackling within us We yawn, stretch, and look to the sky to give thanks We pack our burdens, our dead,Continue reading “WE MOVE”
“We Want Them Alive”; a new essay by Margarita Dager-Uscocovich
Por VozEs Un «oscuro y silencioso» drama nos trae la escritora ecuatoriana en su nueva obra literaria Las Queremos Vivas. La autora nos cuenta una triste realidad que se desarrolla en Charlotte pero con resonancia mundial: el tráfico de personas. A continuación, ella misma nos platica sobre el proceso creativo de este libro que sirveSigue leyendo ««Las Queremos Vivas»; nuevo texto de Margarita Dager-Uscocovich»
SINISTER SHADOW
Son almas descoloridas
Con cuerpos quemados
De infierno.
Viven en el «Reino de la Mentira»
Teniendo miedo a la sombra
De la mano enemiga-amiga.