Consuelo is an artivist, student, and Pushcart Prize nominee from the Inland Empire. Her debut poetry book, Water Damage, is published through Riot of Roses Publishing House, and it explores divinity, mental health, queerness, and Chicanisma. You can find her at open mics across the IE and LA, experimental art shows, your local public library, or spiritual apparitions.
yucca spike is a jotería org born out of the inland empire, but our upcoming quarterly zine is open to submissions from all writers and artists. pieces from queer/trans bipoc will be prioritized. please see our submissions guidelines below, and keep an eye out for new projects from yucca spike.
theme: the exhaustion chronicles. how’s late stage capitalism got you feeling? tired? us too. get pissed off, mourn, find joy, rage—whatever your reaction to being overwhelmed is, we want to know about it.