Anthony Gomez III

Anthony Gomez III is based in Brooklyn, New York. An emerging writer and current PhD student at Stony Brook University, his research explores questions of race, diaspora, and the Anthropocene. His other stories are forthcoming in Gone Lawn3Elements, and the Bookends Review.

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Anthony Gomez III  | 
Issue 71.1 Fall 2022

Pocho. The first time I remember hearing the word I had misheard it. Pancho? Or maybe Poncho? Spoken between two family friends it hardly seemed significant. It took another adult repeating it for me to recognize something important. My ears perked up. Sitting near a table filled by grey-haired men, one of them made a […]

Theresa

Anthony Gomez III  | 
Issue 71.1 Fall 2022

“There are two of me, you know.” The uniformed man at customs and immigration met the remark with a cool shake of the head rather than curiosity. Somehow, I thought this comment would explain the situation—unfortunately, that is what I am always doing, thinking a simple remark can convey my intentions lucidly to anyone but […]