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Entre el romance y la pasión

500 words in Spanish about my mother’s (Rosario Ferré’s) college writing (Manhattanville College ’60).

June 4, 2026
Evy en el país de las maravillas

500 words in Spanish about a visit to Evy Lucío Córdova’s world of dreams.

March 14, 2026
Reinitas, sobre Los nidos de Valcárcel

500 words in Spanish about the flight of the Puerto Rican diáspora.

February 28, 2026
La tierra de nadie

500 words in Spanish about James Baldwin, Luis Rafael Sánchez and the color line.

December 9, 2025
El peso de mis libros

A 500 word personal essay in Spanish about why books are so heavy.

November 21, 2025
Séneca y mi abuelo

500 words in Spanish about Seneca facing death philosophically, and about my grandfather´s art collection

October 11, 2025
Alboroto y la alfombra mágica

500 words in Spanish about the power of imagination.

September 15, 2025
IV. Enantes

The final installment in my St. Ignatian Quartet, a short story in Spanish about reconciliation between my high school classmates in Puerto Rico, circa 1980.

May 20, 2025
II. Una cara amistad

El Santo está brillando hebilla con Tutti en una sola loseta al son de “More Than a Woman to Me.” Los espío desde detrás de una de las columnas del Disco Casino. ¡Me han traicionado! Esta mañana, El Santo y yo salimos en las camellas cosa de parar un momento en Stereo Warehouse para…

May 14, 2025
III. Over the Falls

A short story written in my high school surf Spanglish about overcoming obstacles and riding the waves that life throws at us.

May 9, 2025
II. Una cara amistad

A short story about friendship and betrayal in my high school Spanish, circa 1979.

April 29, 2025
I. Volando bajito

A short story written in the style of my highschool Spanish, in homage to a lost friend that me and my buddies continue to miss. Any resemblance to a person or to real life is purely coincidental.

April 17, 2025
The Games of Monkey Island

CHAPTER 11 of my unpublished novel Supernova: The Story of a Puerto Rican Divorce, where Noti learns the origin of his family’s passion.

February 28, 2025
Telenovela Dreams

CHAPTER 10 of my unpublished novel Supernova: The Story of a Puerto Rican Divorce, where Noti learns that life isn’t a Soap opera.

February 18, 2025
Capsized at the Governor’s Beach

CHAPTER 9 of my unpublished novel Supernova: The Story of a Puerto Rican Divorce, where Noti learns that the coconut doesn’t fall far from the palm tree.

February 7, 2025
The Battle of Virgin Gorda

CHAPTER 8 of my unpublished novel Supernova: The Story of a Puerto Rican Divorce, where the two sides of Noti’s family do battle, and shorten the life of the marriage.

January 28, 2025
The Dead Boy of Ashford Avenue

CHAPTER 7 of my unpublished novel Supernova: The Story of a Puerto Rican Divorce, where bombs go off and shake up Noti and his family.

January 17, 2025
Ghosts of the Alhambra

CHAPTER 6 of my unpublished novel Supernova: The Story of a Puerto Rican Divorce, where Noti learns that privilege is temporary, but shame is everlasting.

January 7, 2025
The Fall of Sans-Souci

CHAPTER 5 of my unpublished novel Supernova: The Story of a Puerto Rican Divorce, where Noti senses the coming changes to his world during a visit to Haiti.

December 30, 2024
Showdown at the Grand Cinema

CHAPTER 4 of my unpublished novel Supernova: The Story of a Puerto Rican Divorce, where Tomás teaches Noti a queer way of fighting and defending against bullies.

December 23, 2024

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