July 31, 2019
VERVE {IN} VERSE: IN CONVERSATION WITH LUPE MENDEZ
Note: Verve {in} Verse is my poet-focused feature here at The Kenyon Review in which I converse with poets about their work and interests both on and off the page. […]
July 23, 2019
Mix-Tape VII: All the Eguanas for What We Can’t Say
There are things happening right now in many families, like my own, too painful to share. So I will share this instead: My husband B spells iguana with an “E.” […]
June 13, 2018
Mix-Tape V: Featuring CantoMundo Poets
On June 22 & 23, CantoMundo, a fellowship organization dedicated to Latinx poetry and poetics, will hold its public readings at Barnard College. (Here’s more information on attending the event). I’ve written […]
December 30, 2017
A Better Tomorrow
I’m in Hong Kong with my husband and his family for the holidays, and finishing up a longer work on what I envision would be a better tomorrow. It will […]
November 29, 2016
“We have the house and it is gated”: Latina/o Writers on Resistance
The pain and joy of the borderlands—perhaps no greater or lesser than the emotions stirred by living anywhere contradictions abound, cultures clash and meld, and life is lived on an […]