Can Translation Ever Capture the Ineffability of Language Soul? Photo by Tania Mirón on Unsplash I...
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I Wrote the Greatest American Novel of All Times
But I lost it to a criminal in San Diego San Diego, CA. April, 2014. Photo by author. When I...
My Mom Slipping and Stumbling at a Foam Party to Embarrass Me
The Avatar in Hair Curlers Remote-Controlling My Destiny Photo by TRIN WA on Unsplash I didn’t...
Buying Homemade Greek Yogurt Through a Door Window
The Lengths We Covered in Barranquilla to Get Quality Bacillus Bulgaricus. Photo by Yasin Hoşgör...
My first job and misdemeanor in the US — I Think
I was loving it. Do you want fries with that? I always tell people my first job in the United...
Rolling Into Trauma With My Fuchsia and Magenta Unisex Rollerblades
My mom’s storytelling convinced me to wear girly roller skates My mom got a pair of roller skates...
Heavy Whispering My Sins to the Man in Women’s Robe
The Parable of the Red Snapper Who Ate My Faith After our 10th-grade Philosophy teacher introduced...
My Wife Wants Me to Stop Lying About My Height
My childish, overactive mind stunted my development. Here is a secret. I’m not 5'9". I do tell...
My Psychic Ruined My Bladder
Happiness is just one life-altering belief-switcheroo away As a salesman, I don’t have beliefs of...
Begging For Free Bourbon
Having fun with writing outside of writing “Write every day, even if it’s just an email.” The...
Tomorrow is My Fortieth Birthday
Mistakes were made. Forty Stories. Forty Days. Petaluma, California. December, 2020. Photo...
Eating Donkey Meat and Maracuyá Juice
Risking Limb and Life to Get the Appliance Job Done At thirteen, my mom offered me as labor at my...
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My Wife Accused Me of Using Her Homebirth to Shock People
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The library, Its Needles, Shards, and Empty Benches
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Lost in ‘La Hijueputa’ Translation
Can Translation Ever Capture the Ineffability of Language Soul? Photo by Tania Mirón on Unsplash I sat down to watch the acclaimed “Griselda” on Netflix, and it felt so good to hear the Colombian...