Author Archives: mialisecarney

Sarah A. Chavez Halfbreed Helene Tries to Write a Letter to Her Future Self Dear To Whom It May Concern, There’s no telling what the world is like, but I assume you are still alive. Do you live in an apartment or a house? Are you still alone? Your roommate got marriedand I assume you are no longerContinue reading “Sarah A. Chavez – Halfbreed Helene Tries to Write a Letter to Her Future Self”

Sarah A. Chavez I Count the bricks in the path: oldbricks, new bricks, brokenbricks, bricks enrobed in moss.  I count the budding pepperson the Fresno chile, the purplesprouts in the potato patch,the bulbs that have openedon the star plant, the buds holding a tight fist, the petalswhich have dried & droppedfrom the stem. I count the barksContinue reading “Sarah A. Chavez – I Count”

Sarah A. Chavez Halfbreed Helene Goes to the Beach I. Her people have a complicated relationship to large bodies of water.  It’s something the brownest shouldn’t have been forced to travel throughand something the whitest hadn’t seen until the mid-20th century.  It’s something the middle-class book a Best Western by for their children to visitonContinue reading “Sarah A. Chavez – Halfbreed Helene Goes to the Beach”