Hueco Tanks, Kimberly Arredondo '11

HUECO TANKS kimberly arredondo '11 digital photography

SOMOS Latino Literary Magazine was established in the 1990s by a group of students who, like us, shared the vision of creating a medium that would bridge the gaps between communities that share

Latino experiences. Unfortunately, for a short time,

SOMOS was discontinued, but it was revived six years ago and has since endeavored to give voice to the

Latino population at Brown and in Providence.

Nicole Parrish gives an account of a car accident in the "Rainy Midwest," using language of music and remote control to communicate the power of a situation and its telling. "El cumpleanos," a short story by Crystal Vance, tells of a young girl who is frustrated to no end by "el guerito [que] estd en el centro] the little boy who won't stop hitting her pinata.

Rocio Bravo writes of all that she would do to make things right if only she could. The haunting repetition of "si pudiera" in "Todo te lo diem" emphasizes the disempowerment of a situation in which you would, if only you could.

In Morir Sonondo," Jose Rodriguez mourns the newcomer disease" that paralyzes recent Dominican immigrants. He symbolizes this "disease" through snow-the snow that holds "the crisis in confidence that could break down and reshape identities."

The range of art submissions from photography o graphite drawings to watercolor to pastel offer exciting re-imaginings of common subjects. David Hernandez paints his father in a watercolor with a

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF kimberly arredondo 11

SPANISH EDITOR pablo galindo-payan '13

vision "p iT^ °f C0L°rS that produces a surreal vision. Emily Gonzalez draws the Virgen de Guadalupe with a votive candle, creating the illuminating glow of the candle and the virgin herself, with different rokes and effects. The beauty of this semester's ubm.ssionslies'ntheunconventi^ai^p^e^ation of these and other subjects.

We are delighted and honored to present this semester's issue of SOMOS.

PORTUGUESE EDITOR silvia dos santos-pereira 12

LAYOUT EDITOR andrea mcwilliams '12

CONTRIBUTING EDITORS juan carranza 12 david hernandez'll esteban vasquez'14

Sincerely, The SOMOS Team SPECIAL THANKS TO: graphic services, ann halL twc, ufb, contributing artists and writers