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
Latinx poetry has a rich history of exploring the boundaries of the artform: Juan Felipe Herrera’s experimental forms, and Mónica de la Torre’s innovative approaches to translation and collaboration, among many others. ...
LAR Latinx Digital Poetics: An Electronic Literature Folio
Electronic Lit, LAR Online
Ode to the Pollo Asado Burritos from Alberto's Tacos
I am faithful to you. Faithful, like the sun and moon. I howl like a Mexican Ranchera singer when I'm hangry for you. Just enough guacamole, pico de gallo, ...
Two Poems by Jose Hernandez Diaz
LAR Online, Poetry
I know what a body emptied
of its light, feels like on the palms.
I have seen a body emptied of
its memory, I dread the open eyes,
even though I don’t dream of them ...
Empty by Hussain Ahmed
LAR Online, Poetry
