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Mi nombre es Brenda Giselle Guerra. Cuando pienso en mi nombre pienso en como ejemplifica mi identidad. Desde mi infancia en México y en el valle del sur de Texas, siempre he sentido que mi nombre es uno de esos aspectos que reiteran mi estado en nepantla. En ambos idiomas suena similar, pero evidentemente crea […]
Read More My Name – Brenda Giselle Guerra (7)Mi madre creía que ella estaba sienda con mi nombre- que no otro persona en el año ’98 estaba llamada su bebe Katherine. Creo que esto demuestre tan solitaria como esposa militar. Se suponía que yo iba a ser un hijo, Adam Prescott, pero yo nací una hija en el momento final, como yo cambié […]
Read More My Name – Katherine Pyles (6)In early 2019, Eilidh spent a semester at Trinity as a Fulbright Royal Society of Edinburgh Visiting Scholar working with the inimitable Prof Norma Cantú. In our class ‘Latinx Cultural and Artistic Expressions’ we read and discussed Sandra Cisneros’ story ‘My Name’ from The House on Mango Street. Students reflected on the importance of names and […]
Read More My Name – Kristi Tilghman (5)Luis J. Rodríguez’s first collection of poetry, Poems Across the Pavement, was published in 1989, with journalism and individual poem publications preceding this book. But his testimonio, Always Running–La Vida Loca: Gang Days in LA, released in 1993 in the aftermath of the LA riots, garnered Rodríguez widespread national and international attention. Always Running is […]
Read More CFP – In the Long Run: Luis J. Rodríguez’s Life and Literary LegacyToday’s piece is by Shelby Smith. Let My Name Speak for Itself My name is soft, quiet and unheard; no loud vowels to be spoken out of place, nothing that makes heads shake in disapproval. She sits in the corner, her hands in her lap, behaving and forgotten. She is too mild mannered to […]
Read More My Name – Shelby Smith (4)This reflection on names and naming comes from Isabella Diane Rizzo: My name is Isabella Diane Rizzo. My first name was given to me because “Isabella” was the only name on my parents’ list that had not been one of my fathers’ exes. The list of girls’ names was short because I was supposed to […]
Read More My Name – Isabella Diane Rizzo (3)We continue our series of reflections on names and naming with a poem by Sarah Isabelle. Sarah Isabelle Hayes My name is only two thirds of me Mama told me I’m named after her favorite grandma, Grandma Billy Her name was Isabelle, but that was too girly for her So they called her Billy She […]
Read More My Name – Sarah Isabelle Hayes (2)