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From Mexican Child Laborer to Civilian Engineer for the U.S. Department of Defense: An Interview with My Dad on the Eve of His Retirement
My parents are taking me to the train. We back out of the driveway and get a view of the house they’ve been living in since 2012. It’s the biggest house they’ve ever owned. Vaulted ceilings, almost a full acre lot, plenty of room for their thirty-four children, in-laws, and grandchildren—and five dog-grandchildren—to gather together at once.
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Personal Progress Stories: “My Journey is Not About Me Leaving; It’s About Me Finding”
Guest Post: I have a firm belief that each person needs to find what makes them happy and run with it. I have found what makes me happy and wish that upon everyone on this earth.
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How Poetic is Too Poetic? A Review of The Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
The Yearling is a book that seeks to transform, as a year reinvents a person season by season, or at least offers up the opportunity by making an example of nature’s interminable cycle of death and bloom.
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Resurrecting “Hall of Broken Mirrors”: My Vampire Story That Refuses to Die
What has captivated me about vampirism and what it implies (to me): invulnerability, complex solitude, the association with “otherness,” immortality, perfectly intact memory, beauty and the unending quest for satiation. Why does (or doesn’t) vampire mythology interest you?
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‘Setbacks’ for Evelyn McHale
I wrote this for one of my favorite classes, Wild & Angry Lit taught by Rob Carney. CW: suicide, depictions of death. Design by Melissa Parra
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To the Woman Who Kicked My Dog: How Did Your Easter Fast Go?
I accidentally broke a glass before filling it with a cold water infusion of violet and yarrow, and didn’t realize it until I was already drinking from it in the dark, invoking the cosmos for respite from conflict, illness, from cruel people, from fear and the chemistry of my brain, from the pitfalls of my past and the inevitability of future mistake.
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Rochester (Jane Eyre Fanfic)
At the behest of my Janet, who is indeed the only creature—dear witch that she is—with the power to bend me to her will (under which gentle pressure I do happily quiesce) I have submitted to the task of committing something of my history to paper. She has documented her own histories at my request, and so now, to hers, I must comply. Previous to reading this drivel, I trust the reader has availed himself—or herself (my wife corrects me)—of the story of Jane Eyre; or if he has not, I advise that he do so now, without an instant’s delay, for a man is not wholly a man—a human…
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Finding the Right Ending for The Music of Pedro (or Why it Took Five Months and a Quarantine to Finish This Blog Post)
From beginning to end, The Music of Pedro was a family endeavor and I wanted everything about the launch fiesta to emphasize communion and community, passion and creation—all things I believe define “family” and ought to direct us as we build and protect our individual, local, and global families.
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Mi Lindo Guadalajara and the Heart of Jalisco in Provo
The founders of Mi Lindo Guadalajara are as authentic as the food they make. Their select dishes are infused with every definition of heart and flavor, culture and aroma—straight from Jalisco.
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MoP Launch Fiesta, the Deets: Street Tacos, Live Entertainment, Over $2500 Worth of Door Prizes!
Your fiesta ticket will get you a meal voucher and one (1) ticket to the prize drawing. Come with a cash donation to Immigrant Legal Services of Salt Lake City and you’ll get additional tickets ($1=1 extra ticket)! Up your odds and support a great cause!
