Time Comes for Castroville
The Little Alsace of Texas, my once and current home, has long been more comfortable with an idealized past than with its full history or contradictory present.
April Maria Ortiz
April Maria Ortiz is a writer, artist, and professor who somehow still lives in Texas, where she resists by existing and spending her days trying to understand how we got where we are.
Articles by April Maria Ortiz
Trans in the Heart of Texas
A math professor in Uvalde finds that the roots of hate are surprisingly shallow.
I Am a Trans Texan
A state resident ties the current gender panic to fascist politics through the lens of their own experience.
The Sacred Heart of Uvalde
The town remains divided in the aftermath of the Robb Elementary School tragedy, and the division runs through the church.