La Fiesta in the Placita
We cannot be more excited, pues, to start our ninth year of existence with this, our tenth issue!
We cannot be more excited, pues, to start our ninth year of existence with this, our tenth issue!
“Esto,” she said, “es el rosa /
that never limits boundaries, /
You forget Juárez. You don’t even look over I-10 on your way to campus; for all you know, it’s still El Paso. El Paso, who birthed you, who took you in after the divorce and sheltered you in warmth, made you American, instead of Mexican, like your Father, but deep down you don’t feel like her offspring.
His tongues are powerful, with minds of their own, like three elephant trunks always dancing in the air. Not like they would ever cause any real damage, they just purple the skin.
That’s when I’m no longer just an ordinary ese who wound up in an extraordinary situation… I’m something extra.
By Adrienne Diaz The Latin@ Literatures Issue 10 cover image is a painting by Adrienne Diaz entitled, “What? Like, It’s Hard???” (30″ x 40″ oil…