LatinX Audio Lit Mag

"My brother accused me of running away

And I did – ran to the United States, like deep down

I always knew I would, someday…"

A full transcript of this episode will be up on Latinxlitmag.com by Tuesday March 1st. 

Constance Mello (she/her) is a Brazilian scholar, writer, and teacher. She graduated with a degree in Cultural Studies and Gender Studies from the Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany, and is currently pursuing a dual Master’s Degree in English and Creative Writing. Her writing has been published in The Ilanot Review, Fearless She Wrote, and The Ascent, and was a finalist in the Tucson Festival of Books Literary Awards.

Can you really call it Menudo if it's vegan, or is it just sad hominy soup? What can a walk through a nature preserve tell you about identity? Get the answers to these questions and more in this behind the scenes with Melissa Nunez, author of Nopales. 

A full transcript of this episode will be available starting Tuesday February 22nd on Latinxlitmag.com.

Melissa Nunez is a Latin@ writer and homeschooling mother of three from the Rio Grande Valley. Her essays and poetry have appeared in Sledgehammer Lit, Yellow Arrow Journal, Susurrus, and others. She is also a staff writer for Alebrijes Review. Her writing is inspired by observation of the natural world, the dynamics of relationships, and the question of belonging. You can follow her on Twitter @MelissaKNunez or visit her website www.melissknunez.com.

"I often bring my children to Quinta Mazatlán—a private property turned birding center in McAllen, not far from our home…" Join Melissa on a walk through ancestral identity and the culture we give to future generations in this meditative piece.

This piece first appeared in Acentos Review. A full transcript of the episode will be available on Latinxlitmag.com starting Tuesday February 22nd.

Melissa Nunez is a Latin@ writer and homeschooling mother of three from the Rio Grande Valley. Her essays and poetry have appeared in Sledgehammer Lit, Yellow Arrow Journal, Susurrus, and others. She is also a staff writer for Alebrijes Review. Her writing is inspired by observation of the natural world, the dynamics of relationships, and the question of belonging. You can follow her on Twitter @MelissaKNunez or visit her website www.melissknunez.com.

In this episode, Ruth discusses the singular moment on a train that birthed this piece. And she and Teresa bond over a shared pressure cooker history.

A full transcript of this episode will be available on Latinx Lit Mag starting Tuesday February 15th.

Ruth Hernandez is an Emmy winning sound editor for film and television, a screenwriting instructor and an avid soccer fan. She wrote this story when she returned from the World Cup in Brazil. Her parents are Colombian.

There comes a moment in every poor child's life where they realize that others have more than they do. This is episode, Camila navigates her blossoming class-consciousness. 

A full transcript will be available on Latinx Lit Mag starting Tuesday February 15th.

Ruth Hernandez is an emmy winning sound editor for film and television, a screenwriting instructor and an avid soccer fan. She wrote this story when she returned from the World Cup in Brazil. Her parents are Colombian.

"You can deal with any issue if you first face it on the page." In this episode, we learn of the muse behind 'Starry Starry Light,' and the book of poetry he had to write first before he could write his latest work. Also, if you don't know the real story behind the song 'Killing Me Softly,' Adrian will drop some knowledge on ya.

A full transcript of this episode will be available on http://latinxlitmag.com starting Tuesday February 8th.

You can follow Adrian at https://www.adrianernestocepeda.com and across all social media at @poetnotarockstar

Adrian Ernesto is the author of Flashes & Verses… Becoming Attractions from Unsolicited Press, Between the Spine from Picture Show Press and La Belle Ajar & We Are the Ones Possessed from CLASH Books and Speaking con su Sombra with Alegría Publishing.

Adrian is a Colombian-American Poet who lives with his wife in Los Angeles with their adorably spoiled cat Woody Gold.

In this poem, Don McLean and the love of a mother swirl like the luminous paint in Van Gogh's Starry Starry Night.

A full transcript of this poem will be available on http://latinxlitmag.com starting Tuesday February 8th.

Adrian Ernesto is the author of Flashes & Verses… Becoming Attractions from Unsolicited Press, Between the Spine from Picture Show Press and La Belle Ajar & We Are the Ones Possessed from CLASH Books and Speaking con su Sombra with Alegría Publishing.

Adrian is a Colombian-American Poet who lives with his wife in Los Angeles with their adorably spoiled cat Woody Gold.

How did Victoria come up with the idea of telling this tale of (humorous) marital woe in a review? And what is Hermit Crab writing? Can you eat it? Does it go well with lemon butter sauce? Tune in to get the answers to all these questions and more!

Victoria Buitron is a writer and translator who hails from Ecuador and resides in Connecticut. She received an MFA in Creative Writing from Fairfield University. She writes about the intersection of identity and place, family history, and the moments her hippocampus refuses to forget. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in Lost Balloon, XRAY Lit Mag, Revolute Lit, Bending Genres, and other literary magazines. Her debut memoir-in-essays, A Body Across Two Hemispheres, is the 2021 Fairfield Book Prize winner and will be available in Spring 2022 by Woodhall Press.

You can find all the info on Victoria's forthcoming memoir at https://victoriabuitron.com. 

A complete transcript of this episode will be available on http://latinxlitmag.com starting Tuesday February 1st, 2022.

Ordinarily, dumping a troublemaker into the river is wrong, but maybe we should make an exception in this case. Join Victoria Buitron as she shows us how her character deals with the Albatros around her neck.

Victoria Buitron is a writer and translator who hails from Ecuador and resides in Connecticut. She received an MFA in Creative Writing from Fairfield University. She writes about the intersection of identity and place, family history, and the moments her hippocampus refuses to forget. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in Lost Balloon, XRAY Lit Mag, Revolute Lit, Bending Genres, and other literary magazines. Her debut memoir-in-essays, A Body Across Two Hemispheres, is the 2021 Fairfield Book Prize winner and will be available in Spring 2022 by Woodhall Press.

You can find her work at https://victoriabuitron.com. A full transcript of her reading will be on http://latinxlitmag.com starting Tuesday February 1st.

Full Transcript is below:

Teresa Douglas  0:10  

Welcome listeners to Season Two of Latin X lit audio mag. I'm your host, Teresa Douglas. Starting January 31, you'll hear a new story every Monday. We have poetry:

Adrian Ernesto  0:23  

Every time you would take us to el mueso when mis hermanos and I would run off...

Teresa Douglas  0:29  

Fiction: 

Victoria Buitron  0:30  

My husband would give it five stars, but I can only give it a one because it has swallowed my life like a Florida sinkhole...

Teresa Douglas  0:38  

--and much much more packaged up in small bites for your listening pleasure. We're like your corner bodega. But instead of selling chicle and beer, we serve up hopeful stories from the Latinx diaspora. Tune in next week. You'll be so glad you did.