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Literal’s Film Festival is Coming Soon!

Literal’s Film Festival is Coming Soon!

Literal’s international short film festival, Literally Short Film Festival, is now ready for its 6th edition on June 5-9, 2019, located at Literal Magazine, 5425 Renwick Dr., HTX 77081.  From…
Chasing Tumbleweeds

Chasing Tumbleweeds

This story forms part of the anthology for young readers entitled Chapelle Creek Memories: Growing Up during the Great Depression in South Dakota, available soon through Literal Publishing. * *…
A Conversation with Dessane Lopez Cassell

A Conversation with Dessane Lopez Cassell

The Extremely Shorts Film Festival has formed part of Houston’s native Aurora Picture Show since 1998, making it one of the oldest short film festivals in the city. Every year,…
Pobre Diabla

Pobre Diabla

English version by Robin Myers Ever heard an ambulance siren turning off? It’s a languid sound, lower and slower every second. Really sad, papi. It’s the sound of happiness trickling…
Perdón por el polvo: Dorothy Parker

Perdón por el polvo: Dorothy Parker

Para ella, que había reído tanto, llorar era delicioso. Dorothy Parker Mandar a todos al diablo es más complicado de lo que parece. Hacerlo con gracia, quiero decir. Se requiere…
The Syrian Refugees in Lebanon, a Heavy Burden

The Syrian Refugees in Lebanon, a Heavy Burden

10,452 square kilometers. Two hundred and ten of coastline, a width that reaches its longest end 70 kilometers north of the country and its narrowest, 30 kilometers south. A 375-kilometer…
Olinka. Una ciudad ideal, dos versiones

Olinka. Una ciudad ideal, dos versiones

Aquí va una entrega sui generis: escribir acerca de dos libros que llevan el mismo título, escritos por dos autores mexicanos y publicados con tres meses de diferencia. Tanto Cuauhtémoc…
BUDDY WAKEFIELD´s Poetry Workshop

BUDDY WAKEFIELD´s Poetry Workshop

Literal and Poets & Writers are proud to announce Buddy Wakefield Poetry workshop in Houston! Saturday June 8 from 11 am to 1 pm 5425 Renwick Dr., Houston, TX 77081…