Xochitl-Julisa Bermejo

Dec 2, 2024 | poetryfoundation.org | Xochitl-Julisa Bermejo

Aug 15, 2024 | terrain.org | Suzanne Roberts |Jody Gladding |Xochitl-Julisa Bermejo

I don dust goggles and a face mask, ride my neon-flashing pink cruiser across the dark, dusty streets and into the open playa. I reach the Thunderdome, where cage fighters swing on cables from an open dome toward opponents; a delighted crowd clings to the metal ribcage, watching the dusty skirmish below. Tonight is even more lively at the Thunderdome because it’s DPW friends and family night (which includes those who work gate, perimeter, and exodus).

Apr 19, 2024 | theoffingmag.com | Vonetta Young |Grace Loh Prasad |Angela Peñaredondo |Xochitl-Julisa Bermejo

Grace Loh Prasad is the author of The Translator’s Daughter (The Ohio State University Press, March 2024). Her essay “The Orca and the Spider: On Motherhood, Loss, and Community” was previously published in The Offing. Q&A conducted by Vonetta Young, Insight Editor. Donate to The Offing! Our Patreon supporters received exclusive access to the full audio interview with The Offing contributor Grace Loh Prasad.

Mar 14, 2024 | womenwhosubmitlit.org | Xochitl-Julisa Bermejo

Join Women Who Submit in celebrating the publication of our third anthology, TRANSFORMATION! Thanks to the work of Managing Editors, Ryane Granados and Noriko Nakada, Advising Editor, Tisha Marie Reichle-Aguilera, eight Genre Editors, Lorinda Toledo, Erin Anadkat, Flint, Laura Sturza, Luivette Resto, Hazel Kight Witham, Aruni Wijesinghe, Lucy Rodriguez-Hanley, and publisher Nikia Chaney and Jamii Publishing, our third anthology features poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and drama from 42...