By Jane Aguiar (Site: https://meandmyliterature.wordpress.com/) Dad, your unconditional love and affection empowers me and mom when we are both unfortunate, uncomfortable and uncertain. When you were here, everything was going well and now everyone turned their backs on us, when it was time to support us. Mom hides her grief from me and just cries… Leer más #Poetry: Unconditional love empowers
SOIL TIERRA I don’t want No quiero to feel the soil sentir la tierra inside my nostrils anymore. dentro de mis fosas nasales nunca más. I don’t need No necesito your spontaneous violence tu espontánea violencia against everything contra todo aquello which bothers your que molesta tu easy way of living. sencillo modo de vida.… Leer más Come to my war, love By José Yebra
he used to write those very intense works about human suffering and degeneracy and the corruption of good souls into evil criminals – Breaking Bad style He hated supranatural stuff in writing. Stayed away from it. “It’s just stupid,” he said. “There’s more than enough magic, both dark and light, into the human heart to… Leer más transgressive fiction needs to make a comeback by Bogdan Dragos
By Elisa Gonzalez May 2, 2022, By The Paris Review Diaries Photograph by Caryl González. In our Spring issue, we published selections from Annie Ernaux’s 1988 diaries, which chronicle the affair that served as the basis for her memoir Simple Passion. To mark the occasion, the Review has begun asking writers and artists for pages from their… Leer más Diary, 2018
Interviewed by Darryl Pinckney in The Paris Review In her study at home in North Bennington, 2018. Interview still frame courtesy of Stephanie Black. Jamaica Kincaid was born Elaine Potter Richardson on Antigua in 1949. When she was sixteen, her family interrupted her education, sending her to work as a nanny in New York. In… Leer más Jamaica Kincaid, The Art of Fiction
he was a doctorGoddammit, they were looking ata doctorHe came into the casino in a suit,the same suit every day and nightdark grayshiny with grease around theelbows and lower backsmellypatched up in placeshe kinda forgot what it was like to besoberand lately he kinda forgot whatit was like to win at the slot machineshe forgot… Leer más our very own patron saint By Bogdan Dragos
Masticadores.com adds a space to the footer where the content is updated daily, from the authors we publish in English (USA, India, Gobblers) for Spanish readers who are bilingual. Over time it will appear on other Masticadores. We thank the efforts of the editors: Gabriela Marie Milton, Terveen Gill, Manuela Timofte and the writers who… Leer más Masticadores adds a space to the footer…
by Rana For all that I see myself in the mirror from head to toe My soul stares at me & towards the glibly grief that I know The shock my prodigal pain lies in the depth of my emotions The storms that I live in are horrifying & belligerent to show The charm of… Leer más Dancing in the Hurricane
there was no gentleness in mother’s touch as she seized him by the shoulder and stood him down «Never disturb your grandfather again,» she told him Never disturb a man who is thinking about death He had learned the lesson so well that he started the practice himself And he wasn’t even old Death was… Leer más giving the supreme gift by Bogdan Dragos
by sereichert Good morning, readers and writers. I can’t believe we’re already one trip around the sun from last year’s submissions call! The previous years have resulted in two wonderful poetry anthologies with a variety of contributors across the globe. This year, I’m changing things up. The theme for this year is “A Beautiful Twist”.… Leer más Call For Submissions 2022 Anthology: “A Beautiful Twist”
by sereichert I’m not one to go seeking out hot-button issues, but the truth is when we don’t address underlying, systemic problems of all the ‘isms’ in our culture (from government programs, to housing applications, to writing fiction–) they continue to hold power over and harm other human beings. So, I’m discussing today how we,… Leer más Diversity in Fiction: Crafting Characters Respectfullyby Sara Reichert
by mikesteeden Not once in the whole of this old fool’s 114+ years on this planet have I narrated anything, yet as of now I’ve done just that very thing curtesy of my son…who put the entire thing together and who insisted I ‘give it a go’. ‘Give it a go’ he says? I’ve done my… Leer más ‘IN THE BEGINNING…’
When I was looking for the concept of record to translate from Spanish to English, I came across this phrase: “My host, who serves the bread rolls, does not have to keep a record of whether he has wiped the counter and washed the dishes”. In addition, awaken a smile in me. Thank you for… Leer más 2021!
Ruby was an introverted, young woman who lacked the luster that came with her name. Maybe her extroverted mother had overestimated the sparkle that would surround her only daughter and considered naming the girl after a vibrant colored gem. But Ruby lacked all the fire and passion that characterized the red stone. She was not… Leer más Ruby Red Dreams by Terveen Gill
Okay, you can call it a cop out, but I loved this blog and I’m rerunning it. It’s that time of year when we are faced with a choice that defines our humanity. The choice to either believe in the light of the season in all the forms it takes and spread our own joy… Leer más Yes, My Dearest, There Is A Santa ClausBy Sara Reichert
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