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How to Save Miami from Climate Change Part 1: Build a Living Fortress

Image taken from Mario Ariza’s Disposable City. He’s a friend. Go read it. Miami faces an immediate existential climate change threat from stronger hurricanes and their associated storm surges. A direct hit from a Category 5 hurricane could cause catastrophic damage...

Who is Latino?

What is latinidad? Oh boy. You’d think an author whose work, personality, and self-perception are so defined by this concept would have, well, a pretty good definition for it. Unfortunately, the harder I attempt to grapple with commonalities that define all Latinos,...

Tech Bros Worried Jeff Bezos Will Gentrify Them Out of Miami

A sea of recently tanned, Burberried and Hugo Bossed bros blithely milled about kaleidoscopic murals decrying the societal fallout of unrestricted capitalism. However, all was not well at Wynwood Walls’ monthly Tech Meetup. The event’s habitual irrationally exuberant...

The Miami Creation Myth was Nominated for Two Awards!

Well folks, I have some pretty big news. The Miami Creation Myth was nominated for the International Latino Book Awards’ Best Fantasy Novel prize and received an Honorable Mention in its Best First Book category. This book was self-published after innumerable...

“All Are Welcome!” Says Sign at Miami Mixer Devoid of Native Miamians

“We put a HUGE premium on diversity!” exclaimed Chaz Wertheimer, organizer of the weekly Magic City Movers & Shakers networking function in Wynwood. The 43-year-old self-described “Best-Connected Man in Miami” had moved to South Florida just under six months prior...

Ron DeSantis Bans Florida Schools from Teaching the Alphabet

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis lay hibernating in an underground burrow after previously capturing and consuming a stray cat. His head rested peacefully on his scaly, coiled body, a slight smile playing on his lipless mouth while he lay dreaming of EPCOT’s Spaceship...