Happy New Year!

I’ve been enjoying some well earned relaxation after a busy lead up to Christmas. I’ve also been recovering from some sickness, too. So a lot of time laying down and reading! Here’s a couple updates from the tail end of 2024.

Issue 74: Winter is now live from The Penn Review! My poem “Transcribed” was published in this issue and explores my struggle with my Mexican-American identity and learning Spanish. I really enjoyed this poem and it came so quick and naturally, hardly any edits. I also enjoyed playing with form, with Spanish in the left margin and English in the right. I really wanted to show the disconnect I have felt at times from family and language. You can read my piece here: https://www.pennreview.org/transcribe

I also had a live video reading I did with Garden Party Collective. My unpublished chapbook, In the Shadow of Sanity: Poems on Mental Health, was short-listed for the 2024 Annual Chapbook Contest. The winners of the contest along with the other short-listed authors read from their collections and GPC made a recording! You can listen to me read some new work along with some great recitations from talented authors here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AfDt28_ylQ

I’m looking forward to another year of writing and reading! This year is the release of my forthcoming chapbook A Walk to Americana with Dancing Girl Press so I’m excited to share more updates as the year carries on!