Luis Meets Cherríe Moraga |
On
Oct 16, 2008 I met the renown Cherríe Moraga @ the University of
Urbana-Champaign. It was an honor to be invited personally by the
Latina/o Studies Dept. to attend a private writing workshop led...
Posted by on Wed, 29 Oct 2008 10:25:00 GMT |
Prototypes: Deconstructing Media Representations of Manhood |
Prototypes: Deconstructing Media Representations of Manhood Soon to be published in Young Chicago Authors' online Swaggerzine (Men as Allies) C...
Posted by on Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:10:00 GMT |
Cachetadas and Cure Alls |
Cachetadas and Cure AllsElena put the kid down for just one second. Pulled her empty paper plate up to the table and took a look. Back, the boy pouncing on this kid who "Que carajo, What the heck are...
Posted by on Wed, 28 Nov 2007 15:27:00 GMT |
Lulus Boy Came Crumbling Down. |
What Earth Can Earth Will.She wanted the Earth to swallow her whole. But Earth was so far gone, so far deported, lost, removed, remote and some centuries away from where Lulu was now. The heart of con...
Posted by on Sun, 30 Sep 2007 19:54:00 GMT |
Lulu Grabs the Boy. |
Lulu Grabs the Boy.Lulu grabs the boy. His fist full of lego's that Ida bought him for his 1st B-day. Lourdes told Ida he was too young for stuff like that. He might choke. But Ida put the legos in hi...
Posted by on Thu, 20 Sep 2007 10:35:00 GMT |
Para Elvira |
It was a Monday morning when I found out Elvira Arellano was deported. Nat told me as she rolled by my apartment so I could help her move into her new place. Another year at U of I starting. Hope. And...
Posted by on Mon, 27 Aug 2007 19:02:00 GMT |
Which Way and Someday, Writing Will |
Dear Words and Writing,Walking to the bus stop, Natalie told me. "It takes a couple ones that go nowhere to get to the one that goes somewhere." I've been with plenty of guys to know they all end up g...
Posted by on Sat, 30 Jun 2007 21:08:00 GMT |
Write Up |
Moments Like These.Luis sat outside the Foreign Language Building, sobbing. Recently he'd become an overflow of wet and weeping emotion. He wondered if he was slipping into a strange form of manic dep...
Posted by on Fri, 18 May 2007 00:43:00 GMT |
Being Nice and Learning How to Love. |
Being Nice and Learning How to Love.He'll apologize to you in his cocky condescending way. Somewhere behind a slew of insults will be his apology, so you have to accept it. Accept the insults as his o...
Posted by on Sun, 22 Apr 2007 14:52:00 GMT |
The English Building Still Smells Like Chlorine |
The English Building Still Smells like ChlorineI walked into the English department for the first time, if I'm not mistaken, a little lost, a little confused. Turning about the old hallways, this way ...
Posted by on Wed, 11 Apr 2007 11:32:00 GMT |
