PinnedBrandMy Two Failed Attempts to be Ms. OrtizThe following poem was inspired by Joe Iconis’ musical Love in Hate Nation, specifically the song, “The Three Failed Escape Attempts of…Mar 21, 2023Mar 21, 2023
PinnedBrandThe Home Where Anything GoesThis home is for the party starters, the risky barters, the earth-shakers, and the record-breakers who greet their neighbors with…Nov 22, 2022Nov 22, 2022
PinnedBrandMy notebook got wet in the rain, and when the pages dried, they were creased and hardened, like me.In the beginning, which was also the middle and the end, there was discord. One moment, the notebook is brittle after having dried. The…Jul 23, 2022Jul 23, 2022
BrandLoreliMy mother named me Loreli because she says it sounds like a melody, only to be parodied by teachers calling me Lorelei, though I no longer…Apr 7, 2023Apr 7, 2023
BrandA Poem for WisdomI love that you’ve never straightened your hair as an adult, never wore concealer over your freckles, or stopped screaming before you…Apr 4, 2023Apr 4, 2023
BrandTeenagers have been killing themselves long before Heathers came out in the eighties, but I never…Sometime in May 2012, Yilda Quezada had a horrible night. I don’t know what happened exactly. I know there was a call to her family. I know…Feb 14, 2023Feb 14, 2023
BrandWhy Improvisation MattersThe hit musical, Hadestown, is unlike any other show on Broadway because it not only features musicians onstage in costume as an integral…Sep 16, 2022Sep 16, 2022
