ESPAÑOL ABAJO. Deadline: July 31st, 2022 11:59 PM (EST) Aligned with Dominican Writer's mission to elevate local narratives and stories,...

by Mauricio Castillo My mother is a stereotype killer. I'm sure you've heard of the stereotype surrounding Dominican mothers and their...

by Amaris Castillo Hypocrisy lodged somewhere between our mothers' lungs and arms. We recognized it early on. As niñas, we are told by...

by Henry Suarez Mira, ahi estaba llamando una tal Karina. ¿Quien es esa muchachita? Una niña de mi clase, Mami. Bueno mas te vale que te...

by Luz Mack I don't know how my grandmother was as a child, but I knew mamá Luz as kind, quiet, giving, stoic; a devout catholic who many...

by Cindy Burgos "Oye muchachita, tu no llamas," she says, skipping past the pleasantries to make her complaint known. It had only been 48...

Angelina Altagracia Vargas Me: "Maaaaaaa, tengo hambre!" Mami: "Ah, pues bebe agua." Uff, besides my grandfather responding, "Ah, pues...

By Amaris Castillo In the summer of 2019, Adriana Herrera got the idea for a new romance book when she learned the Dominican Republic had...

By Amaris Castillo On the very first page of Neruda on the Park, debut author Cleyvis Natera drops readers into the boom and crash of a...

By Amaris Castillo Over the course of 15 years, Cleyvis Natera quietly worked on a story about a Dominican mother and daughter who take...

ESPAÑOL ABAJO. Deadline: June 19th, 2022 11:59 PM (EST) Aligned with Dominican Writer's mission to elevate local narratives and stories,...

By Amaris Castillo In 2009, Elizabeth Acevedo wrote a poem about hair as part of her honors thesis. In it, the New York-born dominicana...