POESÍA | Diasporic Hunger

we see the border of our dreams

Kathryn Merwin

Feb 26
2 min

A Compendium of Essential Knots

Blackwall Hitch – A temporary means of attaching a rope to a hook. Tricky to untie. Once you were untangled, and so was I, and the sun bl...

POESÍA | ENOUGH (HOW WE'LL NEVER BE FOR THEM)

Oscar Mancinas

Feb 10
1 min

POESÍA | ENOUGH (HOW WE'LL NEVER BE FOR THEM)

[Rarámuri] Indians live at great distances...

For the Couple Arguing on the Steps of Nelson Atkins Museum

Kristene Kaye Brown

Jan 29
1 min

For the Couple Arguing on the Steps of Nelson Atkins Museum

Note: I wasn’t taking sides with the stone statues or the hint of dark that still clung to the sky. Let it be known, I barely noticed the...

Zoe Mays

Jan 15
2 min

Boombox Goodbye

Offered the opportunity to walk with the classic rock station in the county fourth of july parade, I said yes. There was a float, and I w...

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New Mexico State University

English Department

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Las Cruces, NM 88001

Puerto del Sol

Weirding it up since 1960.

Puerto del Sol is funded by New Mexico State University and the Mercedes Delos Jacobs Fund, and designed and operated by the students of the MFA in Creative Writing program.