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Deep Salvage, by Charles Rice-González

I didn’t think people died of AIDS anymore. No more friends falling ill in large numbers. No more hospital…

Nestor “Bimbo” Osorio had set up a beading room in his apartment, where he made elekes. Pushing eighty, he…

December says it’s time to make some space for so much that is so long gone. the leaves heard…

Death Jokes My dad never flinched when he talked about death; in fact, he roused future plans as casual…

The Garden of Rooted Memories I come from the plant people. I know this because I am possessed by…

In the Seventies, my family lived through Vietnam, Watergate, hippies, Black power, Gay power, Women’s Lib, and the infamous…

Selfie at a Gift Shop in Old San Juan You can try on anything for free. My hands are ready…

Her name is Guanábana. One of her parents is a tropical fruit, a guava, say. The other is more…

“The more invisible something is / the more certain it’s been around.” —Joseph Brodsky “[B]eauty is a defiance of authority.”…

Return Hear her calling wildly in the wood that whistles as it burns Feel her pulling you tied in her…