In the footnote: He read Basketball diaries, but he was Latino and he did not wear a shirt titled, Latinidad,…

Legacy My ancestors were star smugglers. Becoming a mule was their only way out of the darkness. They would hide…

Bed A gift from Kayla’s father, who put her head through a wall when she said David Bowie was holier…

After three days, my husband comes home with the moon pillow, still in its plastic. I don’t know how he…

I wanted to live on Love Street when I grew up. To steal paperbacks about salvation sex and hide them…

Image You’re always embarrassed in photographs, holding up your hand, saying wait, wait, and it’s your hair or your makeup…

Around the dining room, the guests make small talk. The talk of some is so small, it is quark-sized. Some…

Mother is desperate.  Baby will not stop crying.  Her toothless maw quivers, her eyes slit, her cheeks squinch red.  Mother…

He hands me a place card, high rag-content, from our glittering table with someone else’s name in calligraphy so elegant…

That the dog didn’t bark was the first sign.  Who acts like that, who, tell me who acts like that…