“You would be right here” or, “it is right for you to be here”

“Voyager, there are no bridges, one builds them as one walks”

In Xóchitl in Cuícatl: floricanto : cien años de poesía chicanx/latinx (1920-2020) edited by Dr. Gabriella Gutiérrez y Muhs, Juan Velasco Moreno, and Armando Miguélez

Tamara Mozahuani Alvarado: Making Space for Multicultural Arts

Published in January 2025.

Poets from the United States and beyond respond to the 2024 Presidential election. The poems are rooted in a belief that the incoming administration will not relieve or heal us from our nation’s past: the destruction of the environment, the unbridled use of power, the pervasive narrative that Black lives do not matter, patriarchy, reproductive injustice for women, silent support for the US prison-industrial complex, and the lack of compassion for diverse gender identity, immigrants, the indigenous, and unsheltered populations. The editorial team worked tirelessly for six weeks to publish this anthology before the January 20, 2025 inauguration.