An independent, ad-free leftist magazine of critical essays, poetry, fiction, and art.
mónica teresa ortiz is a poet, critic, and memory worker born, raised, and based in Texas. Their work has appeared in ANMLY, Poetry Daily, Scalawag, The Tiny, Book Page, and their full length poetry collection, Book of Provocations, was published in 2024 by Host Publications.
In “1981,” poet mónica teresa ortiz presents a collage of cultural detritus and personal reflections, concluding with a fundamental question: “What if John Hinckley Jr. had been a better shot?”
