LatinX Audio Lit Mag

Will Rosie's mother ever figure out why she had to go to Havana, despite the very real danger of never returning home? And is it possible that Rosie's mother is, in fact, the female James Bond? Tune in to get the answers to these questions and more. You can find a complete transcript of this episode on latinxlitmag.com starting Tuesday November 16th.

Rosie Prohías Driscoll is a Cuban-American educator and poet. She teaches high school English in Alexandria, Virginia, where she lives with her husband and a host of ancestral spirits who keep her rooted and grateful. Her poems have appeared in numerous publications, including the Acentos Review, Saw Palm: Florida Literature and Art, SWWIM Every Day, Pensive: A Global Journal of Spirituality and the Arts, Sin Fronteras/ Writers Without Borders, and No Tender Fences: An Anthology of Immigrant and First-Generation American Poetry. "Havana 1974" is included in her forthcoming debut poetry collection, Poised for Flight, which will be published by Finishing Line Press in August 2022.

You can follow Rosie on Facebook at Rosie Prohias Driscoll, poet and on Instagram at @RosiepDriscoll.poet

In 1974 Rosie Prohias Driscol's mother felt called to visit Havana, a place her family fled because of Castro. They almost didn't get back home. Listen to Rosie recount a tale of memory, mystery, and familial love.

You can find a full transcript of this reading at latinxlitmag.com starting Tuesday November 16th.

Rosie Prohías Driscoll is a Cuban-American educator and poet. She teaches high school English in Alexandria, Virginia, where she lives with her husband and a host of ancestral spirits who keep her rooted and grateful. Her poems have appeared in numerous publications, including the Acentos Review, Saw Palm: Florida Literature and Art, SWWIM Every Day, Pensive: A Global Journal of Spirituality and the Arts, Sin Fronteras/ Writers Without Borders, and No Tender Fences: An Anthology of Immigrant and First-Generation American Poetry. "Havana 1974" is included in her forthcoming debut poetry collection, Poised for Flight, which will be published by Finishing Line Press in August 2022.

Abram's piece is based on a true-to-life experience. Did a relative actually come over to a house in mourning and tell a story about the runs? Will Abram's family ever speak to him again if he tells us what really happened? And does anyone eating a last meal ever ask for kale? Tune in this week to get the answers to these questions, and more.

A complete transcript of this episode will be on Latinxlitmag.com starting Tuesday November 9th.

You can follow Abram at AbramValdez.com and on Twitter at @AbramValzedCS

Two days after Gloria’s father Roberto passed, every tangled branch of the family tree came to visit Gloria and her mother Teresa. And one of them brought a side story about diarrhea. This week's story is about coping with loss with grace, despite the cluelessness of some of la familia. 

A complete transcript of this reading will be available on Latinxlitmag.com starting Tuesday November 9th.

Abram Valdez is a Chicano author from Denton County, Texas, where he and his partner Marissa are raising four children. As a first-generation college graduate, his father was both proud and horrified at Abram's plans to attend graduate school at the University of Arkansas's MFA program for Creative Writing with an emphasis in poetry (he would have preferred Abram go into computer sciences and not "write for greeting cards"). Abram's work has been featured in HAD, Eunoia Review, 14 Hills, Complete Sentence, Bridge Eight, and The Daily Drunk.

Is Alisha really a 40 year-old intern? Can chocolate chips really fix everything? Tune into this week's behind the scenes to get all of the scoop. A complete transcript of this interview will be on LatinxLitMag.com starting Tuesday November 2nd.

You can follow Alisha's writing on her website AlishaFMiranda.com, and on Instagram at @40yointern

Was Alisha's marriage a love match or an arranged match? Yes! Tune into this week's episode to find out two life-long friends orchestrated Alisha's meet-cute. A transcript of this episode will be available on Latinxlitmag.com starting Tuesday, November 2nd.

Alisha is a Miami-born, Scotland-based, Cuban-American CEO, writer, entrepreneur and mother of twins. Her writing has been featured in Moms Don’t Have Time to Write, Grazia, Metro and Herstry, among others, and she's working on a book, The 40-Year-Old Intern.

Who owns family memories? How do you delicately unravel who your relatives really are? Join Gina and Teresa as they tackle these questions and more. A full transcript of this episode will be available on LatinxLitMag.com starting Tuesday October 26th.

You can follow Gina Fuchs on Instagram at Gina by Gina and on Twitter at Gina's Opinion 24/7

Gina Fuchs is a graduate of the University of Maryland, College Park. At Maryland, she received her BA in Communication Studies and minored in Creative Writing with a concentration in poetry. Gina's poetry has appeared in the University of Maryland's literary magazine 'Stylus,' Northern University's literary magazine 'Polaris,' as well as the online publication 'Palette Poetry.' Her writing primarily explores the function of memory in our lives; how memories shape relationships, experiences, the ways we view our families, and of course: the ways in which we pass down stories. Gina is a Puerto Rican New Yorker (AKA Nuyorican) who is still working on her Spanish. She loves coffee, ribs and the color yellow.

"Even before you died I was afraid to lose it/ the perfectly burnt rice caked/into the soul of your pot." Come with Gina as she explores family memory, and the missing spaces in between. 

A full transcript of this poem will be available on Latinxlitmag.com starting October 26th.

Gina Fuchs is a graduate of the University of Maryland, College Park. At Maryland, she received her BA in Communication Studies and minored in Creative Writing with a concentration in poetry. Gina's poetry has appeared in the University of Maryland's literary magazine 'Stylus,' Northern University's literary magazine 'Polaris,' as well as the online publication 'Palette Poetry.' Her writing primarily explores the function of memory in our lives; how memories shape relationships, experiences, the ways we view our families, and of course: the ways in which we pass down stories. Gina is a Puerto Rican New Yorker (AKA Nuyorican) who is still working on her Spanish. She loves coffee, ribs and the color yellow.

Did Carlos' abuela really use VapoRub on him? Is Teresa continuing the intergenerational Vick's trauma? All these questions and more get answered in this hard-hitting behind the scenes episode.

A full transcript of this episode will be available on Latinxlitmag.com starting Tuesday October 19th.

"In addition to regular Vicks, your abuela has an extra jar of Vicks specifically for rubbing all up under your nose whenever you have a really bad cold even though the label clearly says not to do this."

Latinx people might be incapable of agreeing on the proper colour of rice (red? yellow? white with peas?), but we're united by the shared experience of Vick's. 

This comedy piece first appeared in Flexx magazine. A transcript of this episode will be available on LatinxLitMag.com starting Tuesday October 19th.

Carlos Greaves is an Afro-Latino engineer, writer and filmmaker based in Boston. He teaches online satire writing at The Second City and writes for Netflix’s Con Todo social channel. His writing has been featured in The New Yorker and he is a frequent contributor to the humor site McSweeney’s.