Category Archives: Sarah A. Chavez

Sarah A. Chavez Halfbreed Helene Ponders Her Name in the Numerology Section at Barnes & Noble Helene (French spelling): Greek, meaning “bright, torch, light”: pronounced with an “een”or an “aine” or an “enn” sound at the end, Helene doesn’t feel as current as the moreforthright Helen or the airier Helena. – “Helene Origin & Meaning,”Continue reading “Sarah A. Chavez – Halfbreed Helene Ponders Her Name in the Numerology Section at Barnes & Noble”

Sarah A. Chavez Halfbreed Helene Is Good at Hiding There isn’t a hole in existence that she does not want to crawl into. Coverless manhole, the missing slats on the mobile home, ground dug out for the new rail system, the hole in the concrete of the school from the parent who drunkenly smashed intoContinue reading “Sarah A. Chavez – Halfbreed Helene Is Good at Hiding”

Sarah A. Chavez All the friendly women                                                            in the office go to the same salon: the same shearsand spray, the same dye, and chatter. Icould nothing in that experience take joy—always slightly critical of the scissor angle,the amount of hair scattered like leavesat the trunk of the elevated chair. And the price!                 How could theContinue reading “Sarah A. Chavez – All the friendly women 
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Sarah A. Chavez Dear Abuelo & Grandpa, There is only one hummingbird coming to the bright red bulbous feeder in the yard. I positioned it outside the window of the kitchen nook (a weird little room just off the kitchen proper, by the backdoor) so that when I checked email and drank my coffee inContinue reading “Sarah A. Chavez – Dear Abuelo & Grandpa”

Sarah A. Chavez Halfbreed Helene Goes Outside to Cry The pressure that wells in her throat threatens to choke, but this is not the time (this is never the time). She nods, even though the voice that whispers these words is on the phone.  When gone and this morning and I didn’t want to tell youand no, you don’t needto fly back yetContinue reading “Sarah A. Chavez – Halfbreed Helene Goes Outside to Cry”