When language broke open: an anthology of queer and trans Black writers of Latin American descent

Another Diaspora Poem / Irene Vázquez

When One Door Closes, Another Door Flows / Ehqs / Izar

Home / Sa Smythe y volver volver / Sa Smythe

Held together by an ocean breeze / Little Wren

Red Clay / Little Wren

Haiku for Great-Grandma Coolie / Tirzah Sheppard

To Grandma 'Nita / Tirzah Sheppard

Rainbow Rosary / Tirzah Sheppard

Hoo Doo Interests / Allison Whittenburg

Watching Jordan's Fall / Allison Whittenberg

From Under Crack Rock: Surviving the Reagan Years / Louie Ortiz-Fonseca

The Things Miss Tina Taught Mee / Louie Ortiz-Fonseca

Maria's Song, 1999 / Armando Alleyne

Maria's Song (#2) / Armando Alleyne

Context: The Maria's Song Series / Armando Alleyne

Polluted Imprints in a Neurodivergent Mind / Julia Feliz

Ocean Home / Zoë Gamell Brown

Of Joy (A Bricolage) / Randy James

Ancestor in Barbados / Randy James

On This Little Island / Randy James

Ode to Abuela / Raquelle Mayoral

[Untitled] / Franchesca Araújo

The plant speaks for the girl buried under it / O lixo fala pela menina enterrada debaixo dele (with glimmers of Clifton) / Franchesca Araújo

Remembering / Reva Santo

Where Is Home? / Ivanova Veras de Jesús

my gram's machete / JR Mahung

letter to simone (on the subject of the king) / JR Mahung

letter to sinone (on cutting grass) / JR Mahung

reflections on watching missy elliott's "lose control" video / JR Mahung

portrait of my grandmother in 90s hip hop videos / JR Mahung

¿Y Vos Quién Sos? / Clara Olivo

Clarita Escucha Su Voz / Clare Olivo

[7 December 2020] untitled / Des Jackson

Un Cuento del Regreso / Jehoiada Zechariah Calvin

"Always and Forever," Love Alex / Charles Rice-González

How to Draw a Memoir / Breena Nuñez

Escaped Parrots Are Doing Lovely / Jessica Lanay

Proximity, Intimacy, Togetherness / Dora Santana

Love Thy Neighbor / SR. Álida

Collaborative Poems / Janice Heather Hector and Felene M. Cayetano

Free / Raquelle Mayoral

The Uncertainty of Feelings for Girls / Raquelle Mayoral

Hurricane Marlene / Lorraine Avila

We Never Did This to Be Beautiful / Ariana Brown

For the Black in Kids in My 8th-Grade Spanish Class / Ariana Brown

Lido's Day

Yamilette Vizcaíno Rivera

Manicured Things

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Sasha Mahalia Hawkins

I'd Always Promised I'd Never Do Drag

Darrel Alejandro Holnes

La Negrita / Malika Aisha

Softness will find you / Malika Aisha

a letter to my body (the first affirmation is an apology) / Malika Aisha

24 de diciembre / Ivanova Veras de Jesús

i think about death all the time (tdor - 20 de nov) / Sora Ferri

pride / Sora Ferri

baby me / Sora Ferri

Home Sweet Homeless / Josslyn Glenn

With Love, from Our Corner of the Night / Irene Vázquez

Dispatches from a Country Without Name / Irene Vázquez

About You / Jessica Lanay

Run for High Ground / Jessica Lanay

7 Mile Bridge / Jessica Lanay

Come Down: Dream / Jessica Lanay

Sugar / Edgie Amisial

Lulled in the Moment / Jennifer Castillo

Sapphic Ode to Alex Reynolds / Jennifer Castillo

Pelo Malo / Pelo Bueno / Jennifer Castillo

Justice Served / Zoë Gamell Brown

tía por qué me dicen q tú no existes

after songs of water saints /

Franchesca Araújo

Romo oscuro para Santa Bárbara Africana / Franchesca Araújo

Electra / Andrea Alejandro Freire F.

Electra / Andrea Alejandro Freire F., Translated by Jessica Lanay

Carne y Espanto / Andrea Alejandro Freire F.

Flesh and Fright / Andrea Alejandro Freire F., Translated by Jessica Lanay

Lx DragOna / Andrea Alejandro Freire F.

Lx DragOna / Andrea Alejandro Freire F., Translated by Jessica Lanay

La reina del virus / Andrea Alejandro Freire F.

Queen of the Virus / Andrea Alejandro Freire F., Translated by Jessica Lanay

Translator's Note / Jessica Lanay

[April 2020] you (a short queer love story) / Des Jackson

I pull these words from my gut and leave them to rot / Little Wren

Disonancia / Pheonix Ríszing

Black Love / Phoenix Ríszing

A Thank You Note / Sasha Lamprea Arevalo

An Offering / Sa Smythe

Madrenuestra / Yolanda Arroyo Pizarro

Madrenuestra / Yolanda Arroyo Pizarro, Translated by Lawrence Schimel

existir / Yolanda Arroyo Pizarro

exist / Yolanda Arroyo Pizarro, Translated by Lawrence Schimel

Afrofeministamente / Yolanda Arroyo Pizarro

Afrofeministly / Yolanda Arroyo Pizarro, Translated by Lawrence Schimel

Decálogo de escritura afrofeminista radical / Yolanda Arroyo Pizarro

Decalogue of Radical Afrofeminist Writing / Yolanda Arroyo Pizarro, Translated by Lawrence Schimel

Opening the Dominican Universe / Alejandro Heredia

A Rewiring of the Senses: Considering Abortion / Qui Dorian Alexander

All Legs Lead to Naomi Campbell / Darrel Alejandro Holnes

Inheritance 1 / Jeydelyn Martinez

Inheritance 3 / Jeydelyn Martinez

EVOLUTION / Phoenix Ríszing

Ain't I Latina? / Phoenix Ríszing

Black girls deserve / Ariana Brown

There Will Be / Ariana Brown

We Win! / Ivanova Veras de Jesús

Hothouse, Or, The Taking Back of the Provision Grounds / Irene Vázquez

[9 February 2020] i am scared to touch the world / Des Jackson

[8 October 2020] / Des Jackson

Castillo San Cristóbal / Jehoiada Zechariah Calvin

Prophecy / Jehoiada Zechariah Calvin

When Dreaming of a Future Means Letting Go / Alan Pelaez Lopez

an invitation to play, a choreographer's offering / Ehqs / Izar

Coda / Alan Pelaez Lopez