8 a.m., freshman year, fifteen silhouettes awkward beside the pool. The water ripples as it churns through a filter, giggling at us. Our reflections are distorted watercolor interpretations of angular limbs shielding exposed flesh: chubby thighs, knobby knees, shoulders acne-red.

self care is canceled we’re writing fiction again

how lovely, the way lovers lean on each other. i’ve been thinking about the physics of it, the gravity of hearts. the first human instinct: to find something to lean on. we all have it, the radar for warm solid things.

did the queen die thinking harry styles spit on chris pine

Ever seen baby jellyfish? No thoughts. No brain cells. Just raving.

This is a good time to recall that Gabriel García Márquez got rejected by The New Yorker in 1981—and the next year he won the Nobel Prize in Literature.

i've heard there was a crystal flute that lizzo played and it pleased the youth but you don't really care for music, do you?

Taking 20 min breaks for every 1 word I write down. Thus, my new collection of poetry begins...

Anyone know where I can submit a micro chapbook manuscript?

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Today, letting go a breath you didn’t realize you were holding, counts as writing.

REASONS TO WRITE 1) there’s not yet a romance with someone like you as the love interest 2) it’s a gift from your ancestors 3) to construct futures we want to live in 3) to prove your musty yt writing profs wrong 2) to dunk on ur enemies 3) sheer pure unadulterated hatred

you don’t stop being a poet when your heart takes a break from writing. enjoy the bounty of your garden. water every flower. you are more than what you can produce & articulate. you are you.

Thank you to El Jefe for putting together such a beautiful Fall Issue and for including me in it! ✨This is the first time over ever been PAID for a short story! latinelit.com/motherland

liking my instagram story is not enough u need to write me love letters if u want my attention

I have a story in this!

You're a writer. And you're going to make it. Somehow. Maybe. You just keep crafting those beautiful sentences. Or just completely stumblefuck your way through it. You're good. Gorgeous. Live más.

Write for the child you once were. Write what they needed to hear. Write what they needed to know. Write what they were afraid to ask. Write for them. Write for you.

currently writing to the sun ☀️

Check out Motherland by Alejandra Medina in the current issue of LatineLit. The story focuses on just one family but captures truths that are universal. latinelit.com/motherland