Author Archives: Angela Chaidez Vincent

Juan Felipe Herrera – Johnni Capp Street | Notes from Donut Land 7

Reflect on Mexican Novelists, reflect on “American Poets” reflect on borders. 7. There’s about 75 chairs and about 50 tables. Windows all around in Donut Land. Light and darkness all at the same time. And donuts, donuts, donuts —  at midnight. I love hanging out with Frank Wilma. It’s one infinite conversation with pieces ofContinue reading “Juan Felipe Herrera – Johnni Capp Street | Notes from Donut Land 7”

Hermelinda Hernandez Monjaras – BRAINFØG XIII

read image description (alt text) Artist’s Statement: For The Fresno 15 Creative Writing Marathon, I used 15 Rorschach I made by dabbing a red rose with paint onto paper. This series is an attempt to write on brain fog: forgetfulness, incoherent thoughts, mental fatigue, lack of clarity, and more. Each day became a challenge: theContinue reading “Hermelinda Hernandez Monjaras – BRAINFØG XIII”

Juan Felipe Herrera – Johnni Capp Street | Notes from Donut Land 6

American Poetry, Midnight America. Are they the same thing? American Poetry? 6.   We always rap. Maybe like the classic Modernists in Paris. EE Cummings, Gertrude Stein, T.S. Eliot in some odd amber-colored café. So what? What is that thing called “American Poetry?”   We hang out in Donut Land. Midnight America. I am trying to describeContinue reading “Juan Felipe Herrera – Johnni Capp Street | Notes from Donut Land 6”

Hermelinda Hernandez Monjaras – BRAINFØG XII

read image description (alt text) Artist’s Statement: For The Fresno 15 Creative Writing Marathon, I used 15 Rorschach I made by dabbing a red rose with paint onto paper. This series is an attempt to write on brain fog: forgetfulness, incoherent thoughts, mental fatigue, lack of clarity, and more. Each day became a challenge: theContinue reading “Hermelinda Hernandez Monjaras – BRAINFØG XII”

Juan Felipe Herrera – Johnni Capp Street | Notes from Donut Land 5

The universe, universes, the Big Blank of Nothing. Writing.  Where do you live? 5. Victrolas spends hundreds of hours on his writing. A sentence for example takes days. Victrolas  speaks of things no one speaks about. He says there is a copy of each one of us in a parallel universe — as we speak.Continue reading “Juan Felipe Herrera – Johnni Capp Street | Notes from Donut Land 5”