“I’m looking for stories yet to be told, and that push boundaries of genre and experiment with form to propose new approaches and goals for Latinx literature.”
Huizache is excited to welcome Carribean Fragoza as its new prose editor. We’re proud to have been one of the first to publish Carribean’s work in our fall 2014 issue. Her short story “Lumberjack Mom,” about a mother who takes an ax to the world around her, brilliantly blends dark humor and metaphor. It kicks off her groundbreaking collection Eat the Mouth That Feeds You, which was published in 2021 by City Lights Books. Her stories have been described as fabulist, surreal, magical realist, gothic, and even bone-chilling, all apt descriptions, but in truth her work is uncategorizable, one reason Carribean and Huizache are such a great fit. A finalist for the PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Short Story Collection, the New York Times called her book a “rare and significant achievement from a forceful new voice in American literature.” Huizache couldn’t agree more. The founder and co-director of the arts collective South El Monte Art Posse (SEMAP) and until recently co-editor of Boom California, Carribean brings invaluable experience as an editor and cultural critic. Huizache is once again excited to feature another of Carribean’s stories in its upcoming fall 2022 issue. Of her editorial vision, Carribean shared that she’s “looking for stories yet to be told, and that push boundaries of genre and experiment with form to propose new approaches and goals for Latinx literature.” We look forward to her contributions to our tenth issue!