the showers are too weak in our new house, or else I am too weak, letting water pass right through me

While your toddler naps inside, you sit in the porch inhaling the scent of your knockouts, watching bees suck at the flowers’ yellow core.

Jenny doesn’t recall when she quit listening to Ana, who is now leaning against the cupboard door, describing yet another nude dream.

“Looks like the inciting incident in a bad porno movie,” Amy said. Her smile crooked and adorable.

how do we show up in our stories, when elders are no longer around?

When asked why I still have faith after all these years, I wonder how could you not?

conjuring the Sahara in our orange hallways & together trekking across those impossible sands.

Khalisa Rae’s Ghost in a Black Girl’s Throat takes an unflinching look at the racist legacy.

Mami tells me this spell as we pass the rosemary in the garden. As she carefully grabs a stem, placing it between the palms of her hands.

Once he makes up his mind, there was no unmaking of it, especially when applied to situations involving sugar.

It has been three seasons since I last saw you, she hums. I was beginning to forget your face.

We have a public Google Doc with questions for listeners to contemplate either before, after, or during their listen.

I’m running out of options. because I like the impossible sound of a typing speed that isn’t going anywhere.

Thanks to your vote, we now have a second samahan ng libro, or book club, Koleksyon ni Kelly, or Kelly's Collection.

Following the murders of eight Asian women in Atlanta, we strongly encourage Asian and non-Asian folks to commit to the dismantling of Ameri

Grandmother arrived unannounced, again. She had her turmoil filled suitcases and her sharp devil’s tongue in tow.

“The old folks love the merengue,” he said. “Maybe I’ll take you out dancing one night and show you how to chasse properly.”

breathe in real deep. and release from the pit of your soul. and the seat of your spirit. wail like a banshee.

If you smile, you’re American, pushing happiness off as a goal post and not a choice made every glorious, American day.

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