RESEÑA SOBRE “EL ALTO”
Ni tan lejos ni tan cerca. “El Alto” me hace sentir como que aunque no estoy allá, nunca me fui. Un paseo astral por la media isla; un baño de pueblo. Me transporté, caminé por la República y por el...
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My perspective of “On the Tip of My Mother’s Tongue”
A short story is a work of short, narrative prose that is usually centered around a single event, limited in scope as an introduction to such an event. In John Paul Infante’s On the Tip of My Mother’s Tongue, you...
THE BEST DOCUMENTARIES & DOCUSERIES EN STREAMING AHORA
During these extraordinary times in which social distancing is advised, one gravitates toward the arts for solace y compañía. Sin dudas, documentary films are great tools to use for its ability to cover a diverse myriad of subjects, from history,...
How We Must Reinvent New York City Education After Coronavirus
It’s 8:30 a.m. on a Tuesday in May. My youngest, now 13, needs help setting up for the Zoom meeting his math teacher and I wrangled over so they can address how his dyscalculia is making fractions difficult. My...
WE, MEN, ARE FAILING WOMEN
We, men, must accept the fact that we are failing. We have been persistently failing in the fight to destroy patriarchy. We are failing because we continue hearing too many tragic stories, already coupled with the history of...
Editors’ Opinion on DACA Ruling
The Supreme Court of the United States of America (SCOTUS) concluded that the current administration, led by President Donald J. Trump, and his Department of Homeland Security (DHS) violated the Administrative Procedure Act. This ruling forces the Trump Administration to...
NO MORE PASSING THE ZOO
A six-year-old me played a game of “stay awake” against the car window while Mom drove me and my sister to school every morning. On Wednesdays, the West Farms train staircase looked like the stairs to reach a roller coaster....
YOU SPANISH?
Is this the face of a tongue? you Spanish? this pasty winter olive this summer hash brown the color of a language? you Spanish? do I have a tilde for a mustache, an accent for a brow, this head of...
YO NO ESCRIBO
Si me ven por ahí Con un cuaderno en la mano y un bolígrafo No piense que yo escribo. A veces me da por garabatear Símbolos que parecen palabras, Pero carecen de contenido. No, Yo no escribo. Más bien, creo...
WILLIAMSBURG, BKLYN
You came here as a tourist And you fell in love with the flavor of frío frío de crema And the creatures you had only heard of but never seen There is history in all her corners She is composed...