LatinX Audio Lit Mag

Will Rosie's mother ever figure out why she had to go to Havana, despite the very real danger of never returning home? And is it possible that Rosie's mother is, in fact, the female James Bond? Tune in to get the answers to these questions and more. You can find a complete transcript of this episode on latinxlitmag.com starting Tuesday November 16th. Rosie Prohías Driscoll is a Cuban-American educ...

In 1974 Rosie Prohias Driscol's mother felt called to visit Havana, a place her family fled because of Castro. They almost didn't get back home. Listen to Rosie recount a tale of memory, mystery, and familial love. You can find a full transcript of this reading at latinxlitmag.com starting Tuesday November 16th. Rosie Prohías Driscoll is a Cuban-American educator and poet. She teaches high school...

Abram's piece is based on a true-to-life experience. Did a relative actually come over to a house in mourning and tell a story about the runs? Will Abram's family ever speak to him again if he tells us what really happened? And does anyone eating a last meal ever ask for kale? Tune in this week to get the answers to these questions, and more. A complete transcript of this episode will be on Latinx...

Two days after Gloria’s father Roberto passed, every tangled branch of the family tree came to visit Gloria and her mother Teresa. And one of them brought a side story about diarrhea. This week's story is about coping with loss with grace, despite the cluelessness of some of la familia.  A complete transcript of this reading will be available on Latinxlitmag.com starting Tuesday November 9th....

Is Alisha really a 40 year-old intern? Can chocolate chips really fix everything? Tune into this week's behind the scenes to get all of the scoop. A complete transcript of this interview will be on LatinxLitMag.com starting Tuesday November 2nd. You can follow Alisha's writing on her website AlishaFMiranda.com , and on Instagram at @40yointern

Was Alisha's marriage a love match or an arranged match? Yes! Tune into this week's episode to find out two life-long friends orchestrated Alisha's meet-cute. A transcript of this episode will be available on Latinxlitmag.com starting Tuesday, November 2nd. Alisha is a Miami-born, Scotland-based, Cuban-American CEO, writer, entrepreneur and mother of twins. Her writing has been featured in Moms Do...

Who owns family memories? How do you delicately unravel who your relatives really are? Join Gina and Teresa as they tackle these questions and more. A full transcript of this episode will be available on LatinxLitMag.com starting Tuesday October 26th. You can follow Gina Fuchs on Instagram at Gina by Gina and on Twitter at Gina's Opinion 24/7 Gina Fuchs is a graduate of the University of Maryland,...

"Even before you died I was afraid to lose it/ the perfectly burnt rice caked/into the soul of your pot." Come with Gina as she explores family memory, and the missing spaces in between.  A full transcript of this poem will be available on Latinxlitmag.com starting October 26th. Gina Fuchs is a graduate of the University of Maryland, College Park. At Maryland, she received her BA in Communica...

Did Carlos' abuela really use VapoRub on him? Is Teresa continuing the intergenerational Vick's trauma? All these questions and more get answered in this hard-hitting behind the scenes episode. A full transcript of this episode will be available on Latinxlitmag.com starting Tuesday October 19th. You can found out more about Carlos at his website Carlos Greaves.com , and check out his upcoming (Oct...

"In addition to regular Vicks, your abuela has an extra jar of Vicks specifically for rubbing all up under your nose whenever you have a really bad cold even though the label clearly says not to do this." Latinx people might be incapable of agreeing on the proper colour of rice (red? yellow? white with peas?), but we're united by the shared experience of Vick's.  This comedy piece first appea...

The characters in Amalgam come to Albert Street Tacos y Desayunos from different immigrant experiences. Listen to Selene talk about why she chose the characters she did, but be warned, you might leave hungry. You can find a full transcript of this interview at http://latinxlitmag.com starting Tuesday October 12th. Selene Lacayo is a writer and translator living in the Greater Philadelphia Area. Sh...

"The solitude was something that Andrés liked most about his job at the parking garage. Is not that he wasn’t grateful to have a place to live but sharing a two-bedroom apartment with nine other men never allowed time for his thoughts to grow." Listen to Selene Lacayo read her story of food, family, and the immigrant experience in Philadelphia. 

Camila delves into the historical roots for this piece, talking about dollar dances, taxi dancers, and the immigrant women behind it all. You can follow Camila on Instagram at @camilawrites , and on her website at camilamsantos.com. You can find a full transcript of this episode at latinxxlitmag.com starting Tuesday October 5th.

"...you have to help me. You just have to. They’ll ask a million questions. My mom won’t let me speak, even after I explain that I’m all covered up." Familial expectations and personal ambitions collide in this intense story by Camila Santos. You can find a full transcript of the story on latinxlitmag.com starting Tuesday October 5th. Camila Santos was named a Center for Fiction Emerging Writer Fe...

"My name is Cielo Salas, and I am writing to say that I am not sorry." So begins Nancy's story of love, loss, and finding hope on the other side of grief. 

Nancy talks about not holding back, working for NASA, and how a tale by Vladimir Nabokov ended up in a story of hope and grief. You can find the full transcript for this interview on Latinxlitmag.com starting Wednesday September 29th. Follow Nancy at estapluma.com . 

Julieta takes us to Rio Bravo, Tamaulipas, 1967. Find out more about Julieta on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/julie.corpus.7 .  The full transcript of the story is below: La Partera (The Midwife) Rio Bravo, Tamaulipas, 1967 by Julieta Corpus They come for me at dusk: Two Impatient-looking women who need me To deliver Julia’s third child. I go unwillingly, feeling exhausted After perfor...

In this episode we hear Julieta talk about how she created The Midwife/La Partera, and get a glimpse at some of her other work. A full transcript of the episode will be available on latinxxlitmag.com starting Wednesday September 22. Julieta Corpus is a bilingual poet from Mexico whose work has been included in The Thing Itself, and the Texas Poetry Calendar. Her latest literary contribution,...

Introducing LatinX Audio Lit Mag! First full episode drops September 20th with a poem by Julieta Corpus.