Gringo Go Home—essay

For your reading pleasure on this Friday night, my essay "Gringo Go Home," about my trip to la matria, the motherland, of Puerto Rico, up now at Apocalypse Confidential! 

https://apocalypse-confidential.com/2025/11/07/gringo-go-home/

I originally included a Works Cited, which I think rightly the editors thought took away from the ending, but, if interested, here it is:

Works Cited

Cardona, Cezanne. Levittown mon amour. Ediciones Callejón. 2018.

Franco, Jorge. Rosario Tijeras. Alfaguara. 1999.

“Jazz Bass icon Rufus Reid dropping knowledge.” SFConservMusic. YouTube.com/shorts. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/DJHMLsYv2Wg

“N. Paganini Moses Fantasy.” Jing Yun Wang. YouTube.com. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tsaS_rO_fA

Pastori, Niña. Entre Dos Puertos. Sony Music Entertainment España. 1995.

“Pink Panther Theme by Henry Mancini.” Bozo Paradzik & Students. YouTube.com https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRIIO408ats

Quinones, Arcadio Díaz. ‘El arte de bregar.’ El arte de bregar. Editorial. España. 2000.

Toro, Ana Teresa. Palabras para un flamboyán. Libros 787. 2024.

Vasquez, Juan Gabriel. La traducción del mundo: Las conferencias Widenfeld 2022. Alfaguara. 2024.

 

my website

My website lists all my publications in all genres, with links (some of which bring you back here).

johnyohe.com or if that doe\sn't work, johnyohe.weebly.com 

 

Clear Creek Fire in SDR!

My short story"Clear Creek Fire" now out in the latest South Dakota Review! Vol. 59, no. 3, though it's a double issue with no. 4. I can't seem to find ordering info yet, but here's one of my author copies. 

 

Movie review: Orwell: 2+2=5

My review of the new Orwell documentary Orwell: 2+2=5 now up at SPLICE TODAY!

Summary: Orwell deconstructs the narrative put on him by the filmmakers

https://www.splicetoday.com/pop-culture/orwell-2-2-5-misses-the-point

 

Adios Pegleg

 Adios Pegleg Lookout! Hopefully see you next year!

 

A Walk Thru NeverLand by Dyana Carmella

My review of Dyana Carmella's A Walk Thru NeverLand, her memoir of thru-hiking the Pacific Northwest Trail, Montana to the Washington coast. Up now at Splice Today!

 

 

Beethoven over Douglas Pass

"Beethoven over Douglas Pass" my poem out now in JEFFERSON JOURNAL. May/June 2025, page 46, the print journal of ijpr.org

 

https://www.ijpr.org/jefferson-journal