My poetry chapbook, In The Land of Tropical Martyrs, is now available for pre-order here.
Big thanks to the wonderful Crystal Simone-Smith at Backbone Press for making my work available!
I received the news today that my nonfiction piece “Becoming a Man,” about a somewhat traumatic yet formative childhood experience I had in Cuba, has been accepted for publication by The Caribbean Writer!
I began working on this particular piece in Lynne Barret‘s wonderful undergraduate nonfiction class at Florida International University. An earlier draft won first place in F.I.U.’s Student Literary Awards, which inspired me to keep working on it. Lynne, as well as many of my classmates, were instrumental in helping me improve the piece, which after several revisions and many years later has now found a home in print. I’m extremely grateful for everyone’s help and encouragement, and I’m honored to now have “Becoming a Man” be part of such a great journal.
I’m very happy to share that my short story “Hope” has been published in the summer issue of Michigan Quarterly Review, one of my favorite journals! Huge thanks to editor Jonathan Freedman and managing editor Vicki Lawrence for accepting the piece and offering some insightful editorial advice.
Big thanks also go to my friends Artem and Jonathan, and my wonderful wife Alina, for their invaluable feedback on the earlier drafts of this piece!
The 2014 Baltimore Review print anthology has been released! It’s now available for purchase here. The anthology includes my flash fiction piece, “Beets,” which is based on my experiences at a youth labor camp in Cuba.
The Baltimore Review is an outstanding journal showcasing lots of emerging writers. I’m honored to have had my work accepted by them and to see it appear in this latest anthology. Here’s a picture of my beautiful contributor copy!
The summer issue of Prairie Schooner is now available! It includes my short story “Marching Men,” from my collection A Kind of Solitude. I’m very happy to be in some great company, in one of my favorite literary magazines.
Huge thanks to the editors for featuring my work. Get yourself a copy!
I’m happy to share that my short story “Lemonade” is now available online in Superstition Review’s latest issue. I’m in some great company in this issue and would like to offer big thanks to the magazine’s wonderful editors!
I’m also delighted to announce that my short story “Hope” has been accepted for publication by Michigan Quarterly Review, one of my favorite magazines, and definitely one of the most respected literary publications in the country! The story will appear in their summer issue.
Today was a good day.
The wonderful poetry anthology, The Best Emerging Poets of 2013, published by Stay Thirsty Media, is now available in ebook form on Amazon. The price is only $2.99! With a couple of clicks, you could be reading it!
The anthology includes a few of my poems, as well as work by my friend Jonathan Escoffery and other incredibly talented young poets. Abriana Jette also provides insightful analysis on the work, making for an engaging, evocative, memorable read.
This is a great way to celebrate the near-conclusion of Poetry Month. Read it, share it, review it!
I’m very happy to find out that my former professor and mentor at Boston University’s MFA program, author Ha Jin, has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Ha Jin’s work was one of the main reasons I applied to B.U.’s program. After studying under him and relying on him still for guidance, I can honestly say I’ve seldom met a more humble, approachable, and brilliant literary mind. News of Ha Jin’s election can be found here.
If you haven’t yet, I highly recommend watching this incredible conversation between Junot Diaz and Toni Morrison. What they have to say about literature, gender, and race is incredibly important.
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