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Let The Fear Speak

The morning makeup and march to the pills Taina. Tired but here and now.

Jun 1, 2021

Let The Fear Speak

Jun 1, 2021

The Storyteller: How I Learned Of My African Ancestry

My maternal grandfather is the original storyteller in my family. He loved to tell stories about Pepito, Memin, and Jaimito. These…

Jun 19, 2018

The Storyteller: How I Learned Of My African Ancestry

Jun 19, 2018

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Trampoline

No one thought she was a witch but that the stepmother was evil was something everyone believed. Still, the two sisters were surprised…

Apr 8, 2018

Trampoline

Apr 8, 2018

Gay Economics

The campus was nowhere. We were surrounded by tall pine trees and a small town. In class, I didn’t know anyone’s name and no one knew me…

Feb 19, 2018

Gay Economics

Feb 19, 2018

Kakaito Ghost Story

Because I was too young to go alone, on Sundays Figaro would take me fishing in the river a mile away from our grandfather’s wooden house…

Jan 6, 2018

Kakaito Ghost Story

Jan 6, 2018

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Woketimes

Woketimes Issue 1.9

“Oh God,” I gasp, pulling my head up. “What happened?” There’s dried vomit coming down the side of my bed. I touch my face and smell on my…

Oct 19, 2017

Woketimes Issue 1.9

Oct 19, 2017

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Woketimes Issue 1.8

Outside of Hank’s Market, I eat two pieces of the best fried chicken I’ve ever had in my life. My lips and fingers are covered in grease…

Oct 4, 2017

Woketimes Issue 1.8

Oct 4, 2017

The is? In That Face

“You couldn’t think about 1998 in The United States without thinking about baseball. There were times when Ken Griffey brought out in…

Oct 4, 2017

The is? In That Face

Oct 4, 2017

Published in
Woketimes

Woketimes Issue 1.7

On my way home down Esplanade I lose Yuy and her boyfriend going ahead of them on numb roads I’ve never experienced. There are times on my…

Sep 28, 2017

Woketimes Issue 1.7

Sep 28, 2017

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Woketimes Issue 1.6

Piloting my bicycle behind Yuy and her boyfriend, after taking substances from Mother Earth, means shifting paradigms on social…

Sep 15, 2017

Woketimes Issue 1.6

Sep 15, 2017

Dominican York

Dominican York

Creative writer. “The Inflation of Mythos” is out now on amazon: https://goo.gl/uCpTKq

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