“But one voice is not enough, nor two, although this is where dialogue begins.” — Cherrie Moraga THE PROBLEM Something occurred during the days after the...
Archive for tag: invisibility
Report from the Field: Speaking Into Silences
I was afraid to write this essay. I have never written a personal essay. I write poetry, in which content is delivered through an experience...
Report from the Field: White Stockings: A Poetic Study of Mythical Freedom Fighters
Centuries pass, yet Russia continues to weave its myths. Traditional Russian folklore is simultaneously bleak yet enchantingly surreal—full of stories about hoary, evil forest women...
La invitación del lobo
It has to be from here, forgotten but unshaken, among comrades of silence deep into Welfare Island my farewell to the world. —Julia de Burgos,...
On Parsing
A few months ago, Claire Vaye Watkins’ courageous piece, On Pandering was published on the web site for the literary magazine Tin House. I watched...
Language of the Border
I. Growing up young, Filipina, and undocumented in Southern California, I naturally had a monstrous appetite for the various news feeds transcribing and sensationalizing the...