We arrive just in time to catch the tail end of the Youth Talent Showcase, drawn through the maze of fried-food stalls and dim animal-smelling warehouses by a thin, brave…
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if i told you this story, how culturally illiterate would you think i am? * panic had come spurting out and i was looking for a plug to…
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Literacy Narrative: Consentido
by Guest Contributor April 25, 2019There was nothing to do but climb. The turquoise sky was immeasurable above the yuyuga tree, slim branches swaying and bending with heavy fruit. At ten years old, waking life…
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Circles, snakes, and un cafecito between friends
by Guest Contributor February 1, 2019A bus filled with performing arts professionals bumped along a cracked cement road in Mexico City. It was fall, and we’d come from across wihe Americas to participate in ENARTES,…
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[Photo by Liena Vayzman, Untitled Self Portrait (Eye to Eye), 2018.] By Liena Vayzman 1. Anagram of Alien 2. Rhymes with Siena or Vienna. Take your choice: the sun-saturated South…
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(Far out in the ocean the water is as blue as the petals of the loveliest cornflower, and as clear as the purest glass.) The man and his mermaid stand…