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Jenna Martínez

Jenna Martínez is a queer Mexican American writer and printmaker. She is a Literary Cleveland 2023–24 Breakthrough Writing Resident and is at work on a collection of poems about migration, friendship, and queer joy. Originally from San Antonio, Texas, she lives in Cleveland, Ohio.

Rural Spaces

Fall 2024

Parade

By Jenna Martínez

After the common law divorce, we get our house back.A rusty pickup leads the 18-wheeler,two yellow flags drape from its bodywarning of the oversize load.Our double-wide trailer struts down IH-35 […]