poetry and short stories

I'd love to share with you all a short story penned by the wonderfully talented GG Flores--a dear friend--and edited by me. Enjoy this transit-laden…

Feb 18 •

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I'll get you next time/What happened to that boy?

a double feature! The first half, a poem on 'the (neo)liberal/masculine relationship promise'; a poem from an asshole's perspective. The second, further…

Aug 10, 2024 •

Butterfly divine

I promise I'll have some essays back on this page 🔜 😭 in the meantime: yet another poem, inspired by a recent performance of (Black…

May 20, 2024 •

Cambridge, Mass ("walk with me" series, vol. 3)

something or other. Thinking about crafting a place-based series of short story-poem hybrids (tentatively titled, "walk with me") as I'm midway through…

Feb 25, 2024 •

a free-verse poem to kick off the year!

Jan 14, 2024 •

An ode to the MBTA; or, Three 66 buses and a 64 crawl into a bar-filled intersection in Allston, Mass, on their way to campus ("walk with…

This is what happens when a writer goes to urban planning school... I don't think this piece makes sense outside of a Greater Bostonian commuter…

Oct 2, 2023 •

A bee (named Bertram) on the corner of Brighton Ave and Allston Street, where the 66 bus stops, at around 7:23 PM ("walk with me" series…

a poem/short story of observations; also, I've been trying to post more frequently before my grad school program starts and before I get bogged down in…

Aug 26, 2023 •

This is, I think, my most personal essay yet. I can't really write anything else until I let this go, though. Read on for my attempt at addressing our…

Aug 8, 2023 •

Poem no. 2 incoming!! I've been away for a bit (my apologies); but, I've got a couple articles out now w/ Boston Art Review and the Boston Compass! and…

Jun 26, 2023 •

Poem no. 1: entitled, 'A nation'

I've been working on a couple of different things away from here which will all be coming out soon (insha'Allah) in print + online! But in the meantime…

May 5, 2023 •

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