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R.V. Reyes

R.V. Reyes

Fingerprints

tales of (de)colonization

May 28, 2020

Fingerprints

May 28, 2020

R.V. Reyes

Mindfulness in the Time of Corona

Rosie, my guide, guru, and friend fits her name. She is rosy. She never mentions the virus. Never. Her attitude is positive, but not the…

Apr 4, 2020

Mindfulness in the Time of Corona

Apr 4, 2020

R.V. Reyes

Spy Novels & Other Trash at the Airport

The slings and arrows thrown at genre fiction are sharp, many, and nothing new. In the collective consciousness of all things bookish…

Feb 1, 2020

Spy Novels & Other Trash at the Airport

Feb 1, 2020

R.V. Reyes

ID jewelry & 3 reasons why

I’ve started this essay a dozen times. My initial idea was to tell you about my first piece of ID jewelry, a tiny gold baby’s bracelet…

Oct 30, 2019

Oct 30, 2019

R.V. Reyes

Tar Baby in the Briar Patch

“…‘long twel he spy de Tar-Baby, en den he fotch up on his behime legs like he wuz ‘stonished. De Tar Baby, she sot dar, she did, en Brer…

Sep 27, 2019

Tar Baby in the Briar Patch

Sep 27, 2019

R.V. Reyes

When ED is in your head

Possessions are real. They don’t only happen in horror films. ED took over my daughter’s head, her thinking, her reasoning. She became a…

Sep 5, 2019

When ED is in your head

Sep 5, 2019

R.V. Reyes

State Park Bandit

“Honey, are you positive we have a reservation?” Brenda asked.

Sep 3, 2019

State Park Bandit

Sep 3, 2019

R.V. Reyes

The Saints in My House

I am not Catholic. But, I did go to Catholic school for a while. We had confession every Wednesday. I failed my first time in the…

Sep 1, 2019

The Saints in My House

Sep 1, 2019

R.V. Reyes

Mission Work is Colonialism.

The other day the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) made a social media post about the young woman that ran a nutrition center in…

Aug 21, 2019

Mission Work is Colonialism.

Aug 21, 2019

R.V. Reyes

The Time My Grandmother Took Me to a KKK Bookstore…

I held my grandmother’s hand as we walked past hooded figures, photographs of burning crosses, and portraits of Civil War generals…

Aug 19, 2019

The Time My Grandmother Took Me to a KKK Bookstore…

Aug 19, 2019

R.V. Reyes

R.V. Reyes

Personal essays on racism, spirituality, Latinx, Miami, & more. Crime fiction writer. Interviews with Crime Writers of Color on http://rvreyes.com/blog/

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