This small sequence of art, borrowing lines from Jorie Graham’s “The Swarm,” is about the gulf between us, the effort to connect.
Welcome to a day in the life of Racha la Cucuracha.
A self portrait comic
Before a poem, this was a request, from a friend, about how to prepare rice.Â
Somehow, I believe a trauma experienced will echo on for seven generations afterwards.
I heard your father the pastorÂ
doesn’t want his daughterÂ
fallin’ for somebody who could pass for son or daughter
This story explores bi-racial identity and a young WOC’s relationship to her hair, her white mother, and to what others project onto her in the outside world.
Photo by Graciela Iturbide
