radio-image

I wanted to share a podcast of me reading from my manuscript thesis (tentatively titled La Violencia) available at Hot Metal Bridge (the University of Pittsburgh's graduate literary journal). I apologize for the podcast editor's crummy job (she accidentally overlaid some ...Read More

steeler-country

Every now and then, I like to write about sports. Usually, it's soccer, because... I'm a huge fan of watching soccer (does one really need an explanation for this sort of thing?). But I decided to take on a new ...Read More

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My friend Marissa sent me this earlier this week in an email, and as I read the poem, it reminded me of how ephemeral everything really is, which sounds maudlin, but I don't really mean it that way. Like the ...Read More

imperialism-2009

Today is the birthday of collegerag.org, a snarky website devoted to college sports.  It's a nice little site, and I am, of course, not only saying that because I did all the wordpress customizations on that sucker.  Took it from ...Read More

Indiana

This came out of a free-write in the backseat of a car. Something like that. “A Simile Like You” Adriana E. Ramírez We drive along the highway in Indiana snow on the ground—sunglassed and pure like a Tuesday. And inside my head there’s a swelling; inside my ...Read More

I have been the worst blogger ever. When things are well (or at least busy), I get so caught up in the happenings of the universe, that I forget to write.  It's like I go through stages of intense thinking ...Read More

Since I returned to Pittsburgh, I've been buried in writing my thesis manuscript. I keep saying it's done and then I go back and throw away chapters at a time, because I suddenly realize I hate them. I've rewritten the ...Read More