When I was a little boy, my grandmother took me to Jai-Alai. She gambled and I would help her pick the winners (or losers). The sport confused me. Think racquetball. However, instead of a racquet, the players scoop the ball up with a cornucopia-like hand basket and then slam the ball against the wall. Scoop […]

Yaddyra Peralta’s work captures the fleeting and unstable essence of memories. Her poetry in many ways is a memory room, a space where the past lives on the page. Peralta’s work has appeared in or is forthcoming in Ploughshares, Jai-Alai, Abe’s Penny, Tigertail, Hinchas de Poesia, the Miami Poetry Collective’s Cent Journal series, and Lies […]

The Writer’s Room at The Betsy is transforming and fostering the vitality of Miami’s literary community. Through The Writer’s Room, which is in its second season, the Betsy offers emerging and established writers and artists short-term residencies. Although the program has a special commitment to poets, writers and artists across disciplines and genres come to […]

There’s nothing like firsthand experience with phenomenon to ignite a child’s imagination, and it’s difficult to accept that summer vacation, at least for the kids, is almost over. In a few weeks, kids across South Florida head back to school to learn about math, history, art and science—at least that’s what we hope. But, what […]