Chicanas Con Ganas
Razors don’t work on Chicanas / They don’t bleed like you and me / They want to, they try to / But the razor will not comply
Film Reviews – 2014
Only Lovers Left Alive / Snowpiercer / The Grand Budapest Hotel / Frank / Nightcrawler
Lean on Me
I had traveled internationally alone before, but this was different. I couldn’t shake the fear and sadness that sat somewhere in my chest, blocking the air from reaching my lungs and keeping my heart in a tight hold which my rapid heartbeat couldn’t escape.
Ella in the Jazz Club
The third step, alive / down, down, down / Immersed in a warm explosion
Seasoned
if you take the time to watch it slide by / if only for a split second / and in peripheral vision / (be still for just a moment)
Call for Submissions
New Literati, St. Edward’s student-run online literary journal, is pleased to announce that we are now accepting submissions for the… read more
Issue II: Summer 2014
Issue II: Summer 2014
On Painting
Someone asked me once if I was a painter. I said no, I was not.
Susan Akin – Revisiting St. Edward
“Edward was ill prepared, but believed in doing good and reinstated a holy, business-free church. He was a transitional king. He believed in diversity, and looked at education as a holistic thing. Which is what Saint Edward’s University exudes. Students here are diverse. They come here looking for holistic education. Edward believed in providing justice to all people, providing clothes to people, feeding the people.”
I Am Alive
When I talk about my freedom here in the US, I say, “I breathe.” The air here has different flavor, not only because there are no military checkpoints, but also because there is freedom from a lot of concerns that in the past formed the features of my personality.