Manuel A. Melendez

Etymologies

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homophone            the unmattering of syntax    of becoming           all of me  stripped & strapped               of difference

 

Manuel A. Melendez is a Pushcart-nominated hybrid writer born and partially raised in Camagüey, Cuba between the Teatro Guiñol de Camagüey, where his father acted and puppeteered, and the Biblioteca Provincial de Camagüey, where his mother let him run loose with books. He has been published in Foglifter, Midway Journal, Superstition Review, Apricity Magazine, Gulf Stream Magazine, and elsewhere. He attended the 2025 DISQUIET International Literary Program. In this life, he will settle for being penniless but ravishing on his deathbed. He can be found on Instagram at @marvelzednelem and on his website, manalemel.squarespace.com.