Hinchas: Given: Hialeah can birth mythical creatures. What mythical creatures can you attribute to Hialeah? What are their powers?

P. Scott Cunningham: Oh man, I’m not the guy to ask about Hialeah. Yaddra Peralta, another young Miami poet who will have a big hand in defining what I’m now terming the Miami Sound (Machine), is our resident Hialeah expert. As far as I’m concerned, she’s a mythical creature because she has this crazy ability to speak for Hialeah without trying. I’d also be remiss if I didn’t give a shout-out to the reigning queen of Hialeah literature, Jennine Capó Crucet. Even though she’s technically a fiction writer, Jennine writes with a poet’s precision in her story collection How to Leave Hialeah. I’m not big into the distinction between poetry and fiction anyway.

Hinchas: If Campbell McGrath were to be exposed to large amounts of radiation, what literary monster would ensue? And, what cities would he destroy?

P. Scott Cunningham: I think he’d be fire-breathing and have four-to-six arms. Like an Irish Shiva, armed with a guitar that he’d swing only at ugly condo buildings. Campbell’s not a city-destroyer per-se, but I think his monster would enjoy making life difficult for the handful of corrupt developers who have erected some pretty hideous shit in Miami’s airspace. This place is so beautiful it’s almost impossible to fuck-up, but people have definitely made some A+ efforts. He might destroy Gary, Indiana. Or maybe that’s just me projecting onto Campbell. I’d destroy Gary, Indiana.

Hinchas: Why isn't there more Jai-Alai in literature? Can you think of any literary works that feature Jai-Alai? If you had to pit two literary figures in a Jai-Alai Death Match, what two figures would you like to see fight to their Jai-Alai death?