How to Save Miami from Climate Change Part 2: Build Climate Community
Miami must save itself from climate disaster. It’ll be hard as hell, but I’m game if you are. What do we have to lose other than everything?
How to Save Miami from Climate Change Part 1: Build a Living Fortress
Miami must transform into a green citadel by building onion-like natural fortifications to protect itself from ever stronger hurricanes.
Who is Latino?
The harder I attempt to grapple with commonalities that define all Latinos, the more elusive they become.
Tech Bros Worried Jeff Bezos Will Gentrify Them Out of Miami
Exuberant techno-utopianism was replaced by dourness when word spread that the world’s third richest gentrifier was moving to Miami.
The Miami Creation Myth was Nominated for Two Awards!
We were nominated for the International Latino Book Awards’ Best Fantasy Novel and received an Honorable Mention for Best First Book.
“All Are Welcome!” Says Sign at Miami Mixer Devoid of Native Miamians
I wound through Northeasterners and Californians discussing AI, summer homes, and wild little hand pies they discovered called “empanadas.”
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“Out of this world… The Miami Creation Myth is filled with laughs and vivid visuals.”
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