I am actually a flesh and blood human being, standing here before you. I know you are busy. But you are fulfilling orders for people who are not here and, by the looks of things, won’t be anytime soon. This is what I would like to say to the nice, young barista, calling out “mobile order […]
Carlos Hiraldo
Carlos Hiraldo's first collection of poetry, Machu Picchu Me, was published by Palamedes in 2016. I published a book of literary criticism, "Segregated Miscegenation," with Routledge in 2003. My poems, essays, and stories have appeared on various print and electronic journals. Carlos is currently a Professor of English at the City University of New York, living in Astoria, Queens with his wife and two children.