Camilo Loaiza Bonilla (he/him) is a Latine writer working to unwind generational silence and trauma as a queer, trans, first-generation immigrant. A Macondista, he is pursuing his MFA at the ...
back to back by Camilo Loaiza Bonilla
Electronic Lit, Poetry
Angela Mendoza is a Chicana, Central American-American writer hailing from the Bay Area in Northern California. She recently graduated from the MFA program at San Diego State University, where she ...
Blue by Angela Mendoza
Electronic Lit, Poetry
Grace Mathews is a first year MFA student at San Diego State University and an intern forPoetry International. Her poems have been published in print editions of Open Ceilings andRed Wheelbarrow ...
Searching by Grace Mathews
Electronic Lit, Poetry
Artist Statement
Covid-19 continues to disproportionately impact communities of color everywhere. For so many months, the virus was all I thought about. It infected my thoughts in my fear for my friends ...
Sonnet IX by J. Michael Martinez
Electronic Lit, LAR Online
Artist Statement
I have been drafting variations of this poem for six years, when in a stairwell the poet javier a. lopez asked me about dogs and I replied, I don’t believe in animals. And the longer I ...
Tell Me by Anthony Cody
Electronic Lit, LAR Online
"It's Complicated"
Artist Statement
"It's Complicated" is inspired by a lifetime of considering and debating the issue of Puerto Rico's status in relation to the United States and triggered by the recent ...
It’s Complicated by Leonardo Flores
Electronic Lit, LAR Online
“Mar y virus / Virus and the Sea”
Artist Statement
“Mar y virus / Virus and the Sea” is an “oleatory” poem in the time of COVID-19 -“oleatory” coming from the Spanish “ola,” ...
Mar y virus / Virus and the Sea by Tina Escaja
Electronic Lit, LAR Online
Artist Statement
Carbon Neutral consists of alternating anagrams in English and Spanish for the phrase “carbon neutral,” most of which were sourced from online anagram generators. The anagrams were then ...
Carbon Neutral by Urayoán Noel
Electronic Lit, LAR Online
“Who Were You Before Your Parents Were Born”
Artist Statement
“Who Were You Before Your Parents Were Born” is a digital romp through the variable shades of identity all people face. It suggests that ...
Who Were You Before Your Parents Were Born by Loss Pequeño Glazier
Electronic Lit, LAR Online