Gloria y yo: Writing silence and the search for the fronteriza voice

Abstract

Es curioso: there wouldn’t be you and me without Gloria. Not that our encounter depended on her. We were meant to be together since the beginning. Is just how I found you—or how you found me—and how you grabbed me—or I grabbed you—that has everything to do with her and more. It is just that one day this bridge called puentelibre made sense to me and I loved you. One day I understood the letters of your name and ever since then frontera is on my back. And I’ve been to places—aquí y allá—and I’ve seen people—nosotros yellos— and I’ve heard languages—español einglés—but there is something between you and I, and us and them that matters most: alta tensión.