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Ginger, A Novelized Memoir in Progress— Comments and Other Confusing Advice From the Editor
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Guillermo CastroGuillermo Castro's work appears in Bellevue Literary Review, LaFovea, EOAGH, Barrow St, among others, and the anthologies This Full Green Hour, My Diva, and more. His first collection of poetry, Tango Luciérnaga, is being put together as we speak.
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