Marian Urquilla’s work explores the intersections of exile, spirituality, and identity. Her poems have appeared in The Acentos Review, Journal of Latina Critical Feminism, Solstice Literary Magazine, West Trestle, and she is an alum of the VONA workshop, the Kearney Street Interdisciplinary Writers Lab, the Napa Valley Writer’s Conference, and the Highlights Foundation's Whole Novel Workshop. She and her wife live in California's East Bay.
La Virgencita appeared on a Tuesday afternoon, voice rasped like a smoker, definitely not the honeyed tones I’d always imagined. Too many hosannas, she explained. I’d wanted an apparition, a bird perhaps, or maybe an image emblazoned on cloth or a statue that wept. What I got was an omen in sunglasses, a fountain of immaculate advice. She kept vigil… Read more →