Maybe if I healed and prayed, you would be healed and stayed..
Maybe in another life we fell in love without the fight
Maybe if I said the truth, we could snuggle up and drink wine in a booth
Instead...
Slowly rolling into the clear spot
My car found peace
And then my foot stepped to the east
When near it a black toy my eye caught
Picking it up, its form was clear
And...
Beatrice had given up. For three nights in a row, she served Gerald the kind of food that would make a man’s dick shrivel up. “That’s what happens when you freeze it,” said Gerald. “You gotta...
Allana Llabres, Assistant Social Media Manager
• November 6, 2023
Prom was a disaster. Despite my unexpected crowning as prom king, I couldn’t shake my feeling of emptiness. It was supposed to be a moment of celebration, but instead, it felt like a reminder of what...
The pitstop at the Native American store was a waste of time. To my dismay, there was no ice-cold beverage like a sugary Coke or even a Snickers bar with so many caramel-covered nuts that it hurts your...
People say when you’re young, you’re supposed to make dumb decisions. It’s always “yolo” and people telling us to go out and have fun, but then they constantly criticize our decisions, and they...
We were somewhere outside of Gallup about 12 miles from the Arizona state line crossing into the Painted Desert. The blistering summer sun dried our faces into leather masks and by the end of the day I...
When the wolf skulked through the woods,
Red betrayed not a single fear,
though her curling fingers did tremble,
Mother’s warnings grown constant in her ear.
Be wary, my sweet, for you are...
Being a writer means having a passion for words and the structure of communication. There are many sides to being a writer. There are worlds inside a creative writer’s mind that other people cannot even...
A new and intuitive course — Spanish for Heritage Learners — led by Professor Lilian Cano from the Modern Languages department, has taken its place at UTSA. The course’s goal is to strengthen students’...
Marcus Connolly, The Paisano
At a dinner event a few years ago, Creative Writing Professor Wendy Barker and Comparative Literature Professor Steven G. Kellman got to thinking: What...
I do enjoy a bit of fun here and there. I find it quite relaxing in the face of all my work and stress. Surprising to some, my fun has mostly come through enjoying a light nap in a sunny field. Just...