Angelique Imani Rodriguez
The Privilege of Cheese by Elisabet Velasquez
In this introspective personal essay, Elisabet Velasquez uses cheese as a way to discuss how our connections to food can be directly tied...
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Angelique Imani Rodriguez
Aug 7, 202312 min read
Pandemic Loco Moco by Shirley Huey
During the height of the COVID-19 lockdown, Shirley Huey revisits and reimagines a side of the road meal on an escape to Hawai'i that...
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Angelique Imani Rodriguez
Jul 2, 202310 min read
Grandma Essie's Vanilla Pound Cake by Debra J. Stone
Editor's Note: Grandma Essie's Vanilla Pound Cake, was named as as a 2019 Best of the Net nonfiction winner for Random Sample Review. In...
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Angelique Imani Rodriguez
May 27, 20238 min read
Stealing Torticas and Joy by Connie Pertuz Meza
In this beautifully descriptive creative non-fiction piece, Connie Pertuz Meza describes an innocent childhood caper to steal a treat...
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Angelique Imani Rodriguez
May 13, 202317 min read
Sancocho for the Soul by Nia Ita Thomas
In Nia Ita Thomas' creative non-fiction piece, a lesson in the kitchen from her mother to learn a family recipe becomes a reflection on...
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Angelique Imani Rodriguez
Apr 17, 20236 min read
The Invention of Piece- Pahz by Devi Laskar
Piece-Pahz is a short-form creative non-fiction piece from Devi Laskar, digging into a memory about a family-made after school snack, the...
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Angelique Imani Rodriguez
Apr 1, 20233 min read
I Have Eaten Under Her Skies by Yamini Pathak
Editor's Note: "I Have Eaten Under Her Skies" was previously published in About Place Journal, Volume VII, Issue I – May 2022:...
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Angelique Imani Rodriguez
Jan 14, 20235 min read
Apartment 1G - from "Where We're From" by Angelique Imani Rodriguez
Editor's Note: This project is still in progress with the intention of future publication. In other words, STAY TUNED! Where We're From...
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Angelique Imani Rodriguez
Oct 10, 202220 min read
Zhou by Sharline Chiang
Editor's Note: A version of this piece was an August 2010 Short Story Award for New Writers finalist for GLIMMER TRAIN. In this...
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Angelique Imani Rodriguez
Sep 5, 20229 min read
Handmade Sabor by Pilar Egüez Guevara, PhD
In this creative non-fiction piece, Pilar details her quest to perfect a favorite recipe from her mother. Using a clear and direct voice,...
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Angelique Imani Rodriguez
Aug 8, 202214 min read
Heirloom Sushi by Patti Kameya
In this thoughtfully written creative non-fiction piece, Patti Kameya writes about reconnecting with her roots through the food that her...
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Angelique Imani Rodriguez
Jul 2, 202211 min read
Sopa Ministry for the Grieving & Unmothered by Vanessa Mártir
Editor's Note: Sopa Ministry for the Grieving & Unmothered, won the 2019 AWP Kurt Brown Award in Creative Nonfiction. Written with a...
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Angelique Imani Rodriguez
Jun 3, 20228 min read
Strawberry Mud by Shizue Seigel
This incredible and thoughtful creative non-fiction piece reminds us that there is a history connected to the food we buy, even the...
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Angelique Imani Rodriguez
May 5, 202220 min read
Humming in the Kitchen: An Ode to My Father’s Cooking by Anam Ahmed
This poignant and luscious creative non-fiction piece delves into how food can be a link to our most precious memories with loved ones...
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Angelique Imani Rodriguez
Apr 2, 202215 min read
Noelia and Amparo by Glendaliz Camacho
This story was previously published in All About Skin: Short Fiction by Women of Color (University of Wisconsin Press), The Female...
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Angelique Imani Rodriguez
Mar 14, 20225 min read
I Summer in Yankee by Nia Andino
This lush prose poem set in the Caribbean describes a summer where a little girl turning eight feels out of place in the place of her...
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Angelique Imani Rodriguez
Feb 12, 20224 min read
Thunder in Them Stands
by Angelique Imani Rodriguez Flash Fiction When Tato looked down, his hands were melting, flowing like water around his knuckles. Flesh...
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Angelique Imani Rodriguez
Feb 12, 20224 min read
A Shit Gig
Flash Fiction - Originally published in Malposition Magazine, Issue 1: October 2021 By Angelique Imani Rodriguez As soon as you walk in...
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Angelique Imani Rodriguez
Feb 1, 20226 min read
A Piece of Home by Danielle Buckingham
This beautiful and heartfelt creative non-fiction piece reminds us that sometimes it is the most everyday meals in our families that are...
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Angelique Imani Rodriguez
Jan 17, 20222 min read
Fried Eggs & Rice: A 2022 Update
Hi, everyone, My name is Angelique Imani Rodriguez and I am a Bronx Boricua bibliophile, writer, and editor. I run the Boricongo Book...
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