Manuel Garcés Jr.New Year’s Resolution: To Become a Writer of ConsequenceA month ago, I realized that at the age of forty-eight, life isn’t about what happens. It’s about how it feels. Right now I feel that I am…Jan 28, 2019Jan 28, 2019
Manuel Garcés Jr.New Year’s Resolution: To Become a Writer of ConsequenceA month ago, I realized that at the age of forty-eight, life isn’t about what happens. It’s about how it feels. Right now I feel that I am…Jan 28, 2019Jan 28, 2019
Manuel Garcés Jr.I HAD THE BEST GRANDMOTHER IN THE WHOLE WORLDI am here to celebrate the life of a remarkable woman. My grandmother was loved by every person in her life. That’s not an exaggeration or…Jul 27, 2017Jul 27, 2017
Manuel Garcés Jr.Teaching at Los Fresnos CISDTeaching at Los Fresnos CISD continues to bring uncomplicated joy into my life because this is not a complicated school district. All it…Jul 11, 2017Jul 11, 2017
Manuel Garcés Jr.EXCERPT: FIRST KISSES/PRIMER BESOSPaloma: You know, there’s something I want to say to you, and I don’t want you to take it the wrong way. Bogarth: I probably will anyway…Jan 31, 2017Jan 31, 2017
Manuel Garcés Jr.SHE SMELLS OF ROSESShe smells of roses, and I want to drown in her. I want her to hold me underwater until my last breath explodes inside me. I want to die in…Jan 31, 2017Jan 31, 2017
Manuel Garcés Jr.MOON SHADOWSI’ve always liked moon shadows. When I was at the hospital, I’d look out the window and I’d imagine what it would be like if I could just…Jan 31, 2017Jan 31, 2017
Manuel Garcés Jr.STAND TALL: MY GIFT POEM TO A FORMER STUDENTMissed out on so much of your life.Jan 31, 2017Jan 31, 2017
