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The Cold Millions
Walter, Jess
The Magical Language of Others
Koh, EJ
Think Black
Ford, Clyde W.
Alone Together
Take A Stand
The Camping Trip
Mann, Jennifer K.
Get A Grip, Vivy Cohen
Kapit, Sarah
If This Is the Age We End Discovery
Ben-Oni, Rosebud
Written After A Massacre in the Year 2018
Borzutzky, Daniel
Floaters
Espada, Martín
Guillotine
Corral, Eduardo C.
Postcolonial Love Poem
Diaz, Natalie
Thrown in the Throat
Garcia, Benjamin
LatiNext
Illusionary
Córdova, Zoraida
Your Heart, My Sky
Engle, Margarita
Once Upon A Quinceañera
Gomez-Hira, Monica
Written in Starlight
Ibañez, Isabel
Somewhere Between Bitter and Sweet
Kemp, Laekan Zea
Fat Chance, Charlie Vega
Maldonado, Crystal
The Mirror Season
McLemore, Anna-Marie
Efrén Divided
Cisneros, Ernesto
Lupe Wong Won't Dance
Higuera, Donna Barba
The Total Eclipse of Nestor Lopez
Cuevas, Adrianna
¡Vamos!
Raúl the Third
Sharuko
Brown, Monica
Sal & Gabi Break the Universe
Hernandez, Carlos Alberto
Dancing Hands
The Soul of A Woman
Allende, Isabel
Music to My Years
Alonzo, Cristela
Alou
Alou, Felipe
Spirit Run
Álvarez, Noé
Perfectly You
Atencio, Mariana
My Time to Speak
Calderón, Ilia
An Unlikely Journey
Castro, Julián
