¿Qué es un Hincha?

5.25.12

Hinchas are Spanglish speakers who grew up in Latino exurbs (Miami, New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, D.C.) and may or may not watch soccer, but know to call it fútbol.

Hinchas are the homicidal fútbol fanatics of Latin America. But, they are also denizens of the Americas that don't distinguish between North and South America.

When we say "América," we mean it the way José Martí did--namely, that the word encapsulates the whole of the Americas, not just the north. Hinchas know to call it simpy, América.

As such, Hinchas de Poesía is a digital codex of modern Américan writing. It publishes the fiction, poetry, and prose of authors from América.

As such, Hinchas de Poesía is a digital codex of modern American writing. It publishes the fiction, poetry, and prose of authors from América.

In terms of taste and content, Hinchas de Poesia believes the content to be the medium. To that end, we publish innovative, experimental work of a devastating caliber, regardless of format or dialect. Please send us work you are unsure about, using language that belies the contours of a nameless gloss.

 


¿Cuáles son los Hinchas?

Yago Cura,
Publisher
Yago S. Cura is an outreach specialist for the Los Angeles Library Foundation. He's the author of Rubberroom, and a former NYC Teaching Fellow. In 2010, he co-wrote Odas a Futbolistas with Abel Folgar and has completed Postcard Feats with C.S. Carrier and Jim Heavily. Yago's poetry has appeared in PALABRA, Versal, Borderlands, Lungfull!, COMBO, LIT, U.S. Latino Review, 2nd Avenue, Exquisite Corpse, FIELD, and Slope. Yago's reviews have appeared in The St. Mark's Poetry Project Newsletter. His Spanglish blog, Spicaresque, has had more than 35,000 visitors. He can be contacted via e-mail at yago@hinchasdepoesia.com.



J. David Gonzalez,
Fiction Editor
J. David Gonzalez's work has appeared in Yeti Magazine, Southern Indiana Review, Jai-Alai, the Cent Journal Series, Sabal and both Tigertail VIII: Selected Collective and Tigertail IX: Florida Flash.  He is a creative writing adjunct professor at Florida International University and the infield coach at Cabinet Beer Baseball Club. He lives in Miami, Florida. He can be reached at gonzo@hinchasdepoesia.com




Jim Heavily,
Poetry Editor
Jim Heavily worked his way through school during his undergraduate studies at Arizona State University as a pharmacy technician; got thrown out of Brooklyn College for his teaching prowess; &, as a graduate student in the writing program at Columbia University, had the good fortune of working for two years in the basement of the Strand Book Store. He’s taught “rhetoric & composition” at Arizona State University, Chicago State University, Columbia College & DePaul University & is the recipient of an Illinois Arts Council Award for Advancement in Literature. He’s travelled twice through Central America & Mexico (when the Mexican government still subsidized passenger rail service) & spent over a decade in production & operations at the Chicago Tribune. He’s an avid student of Nahuatl & is fascinated by all things Aztec. His email is heavily@hinchasdepoesia.com


Jennifer Therieau,
Art Editor
Jennifer Therieau  is a veteran designer, photographer, and creative ideator. She graduated from Arizona State University with a BFA in Modern Dance, and is the co-proprietor of Cool Grey Matter. She has worked with clients ranging in size from small local businesses to not-for-profit organizations to large international firms—offering a wide range of print and web-related services. With the emergence of eReaders and tablets, she has developed an additional unique focus on digital publishing, working with authors and publishers. Her photography skills have broadened into an actual art, with subject matters ranging from still life, common man portraits, design in nature, world views, and movement/motion.She has studied and lived in Paris, France and New York City, NY. She now lives in San Diego with an old rescue dog named Bruno.