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Issue 14: Winter/Spring 2019

Tatiana Garmendia, The Melting Pot, 2018, Oils on mylar, 20″ x 14″

The Melting Pot by Tatiana Garmendia

Editor-in-Chief: Kori Kessler
Managing Editor: Adrian Ibarra
Associate Managing Editor: Kristina Ortiz
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Natalie Truhan
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Daniel Bellm
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Sky Esser / GoodWebWorks

Blog Editor: Jerry Parent
Bloggers: Andrea Auten, Jahzerah Brooks, Esteban Cajigas, Kate Carmody, E.P. Floyd, Jasper Henderson, Tom Pyun, Adrien Sdao, Sarita Sidhu

Interview Editor: Adrian Ibarra
Interviewers: Andrea Auten, Yvonne de la Cruz Sanchez, Barbara Fant, E.P. Floyd, Adrian Ibarra, Jordan Nakamura, Adrien Sdao 

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Outreach Supervisor:  Andrea Auten
Outreach Team: Kate Carmody, Amanda Lopez, Alexis McCadney, Christine Waloszczyk
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  • Amuse-Bouche Spotlight: Tyler Pierce
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Friday Lunch Blog

Friday Lunch! A serving of contemporary essays published the second Friday of every month.

Today’s course:

Being A Girl is Hard

November 28, 2025/in Blog / Shawn Elliott
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Diagnosis: Persisted or Silent Inheritance

November 7, 2025/in Blog / Paula Williamson
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The Queer Ultimatum Made Me Give My Own Ultimatum

September 26, 2025/in Blog / Lex Garcia
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Midnight Snack

Take a bite out of these late night obsessions.

Tonight’s bites:

The Lilac and The Housefly: A Tale of Tortured Romanticism

October 24, 2025/in Midnight Snack / Nikki Mae Howard
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Dig Into Genre

May 23, 2025/in Midnight Snack / Lauren Howard
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The dreams in which I’m (not) dying

April 25, 2025/in Midnight Snack / paparouna
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Amuse-Bouche

Little bites every third Friday to whet your appetite!

Today’s plate:

Till Death

May 15, 2026/in Amuse-Bouche, Translation / Lorea Canales, translated by Lia Galván
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Making Friends

May 8, 2026/in Amuse-Bouche, Flash Prose / Robert L. Penick
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Two Poems

May 1, 2026/in Amuse-Bouche, Poetry / Jessie Raymundo
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School Lunch

An occasional Wednesday series dishing up today’s best youth writers.

Today’s slice:

I’ve Stayed in the Front Yard

May 12, 2021/in School Lunch, School Lunch 2021 / Brendan Nurczyk
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A Communal Announcement

April 28, 2021/in School Lunch, School Lunch 2021 / Isabella Dail
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Seventeen

April 14, 2021/in School Lunch, School Lunch 2021 / Abigail E. Calimaran
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Word From the Editor

Readers,

On December 23rd, 2024, I lost a dear friend of mine, Valerie Goldstein. She was a fellow teacher and writer, and she spent her young adult life being a voice for change. Valerie had organized protests, and her dream was to get into educational policy. When I heard the news of her death, I was grief-stricken. She was so full of life and happiness, and I thought that the world had lost another good one.

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