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Forever 1992

“They tried to take away our language, our heritage, our culture!”

Oct 7, 2021

Forever 1992

Oct 7, 2021

Cheesy Love Poems

You radiate warmth and I soften beside you like butter I better stay cool before I melt into a greasy yellow puddle

Oct 1, 2018

Cheesy Love Poems

Oct 1, 2018

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The City of Singles

“Have you ever been to a friend’s wedding?” asks Petri, my guide for tonight. “Well, I haven’t! Fortunately, none of my friends are married…

Apr 10, 2018

The City of Singles

Apr 10, 2018

Libre on Encuentro Beach

“¿Cuánto es Cuba Libre?”

Jan 5, 2018

Libre on Encuentro Beach

Jan 5, 2018

The Uprooted

The only place I’ve seen in New York that commands its residents to “keep off grass” is Brighton Beach. Said grass is manicured and juicy…

Oct 16, 2017

The Uprooted

Oct 16, 2017

On the Subway

There’s a couple across the aisle, both with the tense look of someone who hasn’t been in the city since their honeymoon in 1981. Every now…

Sep 26, 2017

On the Subway

Sep 26, 2017

The Impossible Mission of Paying Attention

I was an absurdly absent-minded child.

Aug 29, 2017

The Impossible Mission of Paying Attention

Aug 29, 2017

Humans Are Like Trees

Don’t roll your eyes at me, I don’t mean it poetically. I’m talking about annual growth rings, the ones that can tell you how old a tree…

Mar 8, 2017

Humans Are Like Trees

Mar 8, 2017

New Terrain

Closer, closer, until the distance between two surfaces shrinks to zero. This one is covered in mazes, leaving traces on wine glasses…

Feb 15, 2017

New Terrain

Feb 15, 2017

Cause You Are No Longer Young, and All You Have Is a Moustache

“Cause you are young, you will always be so strong…”

Feb 8, 2017

Cause You Are No Longer Young, and All You Have Is a Moustache

Feb 8, 2017

Alice Kotlyarenko

Alice Kotlyarenko

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