writing – Fake Flamenco

Afro-Latinos, book review, Latinas in the News, Puerto Rico, Spanish Culture and Language, writing

Writer Quiara Alegría Hudes Takes Stage and Screen by Storm

Quiara Alegría Hudes has my full attention. Her screenplay for In the Heights, her memoir My Broken Language, and her plays. In 2012, Water by the Spoonful, won a Pulitzer Prize. Quiara was born in the United States to a Puerto Rican mother and a Jewish American father. Hudes tells Caribbean-American stories that previously were […]

bilingual, En español, Spanish Culture and Language, writing

October 2021 Poetry Challenge

The Fake Flamenco Poetry Challenge is back after a summer break. Join in the fun! El reto poético de octubre 2021 en español más adelante. As a farewell to summer in the northern hemisphere and a welcome to spring in the southern hemisphere, let’s write a short poem on flowers in free verse or haiku. […]

photography, writing

1 Autumn Poem about Trees

Autumn Bards Trees write poems upon the walk for us to decipher days before winter blankets the earth –Rebecca Cuningham 10/6/21 For Becky B’s Past Squares; trees.

Humor, writing

Pachyderm in the Privy

A poem of support, to amuse and to talk about the large animal in the room. The Pachyderm in the Privy How a pachyderm landed in the privy I don’t knowSeems quite awkward a place for him to goNow that he’s there he’s blocking the flowEver since he appeared several years ago. I know it’s […]

bilingual, Humor, Living Abroad, Spanish Culture and Language, writing

14th Try’s the Charm?

I’ve officially entered the Book Pipeline unpublished manuscript contest for 2021. Many thanks to a friend for encouraging me to take a chance. The first three chapters and a synopsis of Supergringa in Spain: A Coming-of-Age Memoir are in pdf format in the contest inbox. Supergringa is set in the fall semester of my junior […]

Gardening, Humor, Nature, photography, writing

Rose of Sharon’s an August Bloom

This is our Midwestern hibiscus! I love it’s tropical look and bright shade of pink. I confess, the Rose of Sharon tree in the photos is the daughter of the original that grew near our place. She is not an only child, however! Several robust sisters surround her. Each Rose of Sharon is prolific; the […]