A Stab in the Dark

A Stab in the DarkFacundo Bernals A Stab in the Dark (Palos de ciego) is a poetic chronicle of the struggles and joys of the Spanish speaking community in Los Angeles and in the burgeoning border town of Mexicali in the early 1920s. Sharply satirical, yet deeply empathetic, Bernals poems are both a landmark of Chicano literature and a captivating read. Anthony Seidmans energetic translationthe first into Englishpreserves the prickly feel of Bernals classic, down to the

Sánchez PradoEvelyn McDonnellAndrew DurbinGeorge ProchnikLina María Ferreira Cabeza-VanegasAnjum HasanSarah SentillesDagoberto Gilb

Abandoning her groom

Marina Magliore

translated by Ryan ChoiAnders Carlson-Wee

It is edited by Boris Dralyuk

100% heavyweight cotton canvas

Dayan’s mother grows austere with her newfound glamour and dismissive of her daughter

Maggie Millner

translated by Eberick Hashvay

The “curious remark” works neither as a physical description—due to the flowers and citrus trees she encounters all over her hometown—nor as a cultural one

Dayan asks readers to envision another political life

the actors he’s idolized from afar lose their luster up close