Chris
@ckcwrites.bsky.social
Writer, photographer, Panamanian American 🇵🇦 Words (and photos) in Huellas, Acentos Review, Porter House Review, and more. Find my writing (and photography) at ckcwrites.substack.com. NYC ➡️ Philly
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Chris
@ckcwrites.bsky.social
· Jul 2
Never Going Back by Chris Kubik Cedeno – The Coachella Review
thecoachellareview.com
Beyond thrilled to share a new piece of fiction that I’ve published with Coachella Review. Their team put a lot of care into this, and I’m pumped on the final product. This story is about playa, party…and wrestling with where you’re from. Peep it here: thecoachellareview.com/2025/06/06/n...
Ta ciendo frío de nuevo
November 12, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Ta ciendo frío de nuevo
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"He essentially said, 'I’m not going to hide who I am to make you comfortable.' In doing so Mamdani delivered a raciolinguistic reality check that refuses the idea that politicians of color need to translate themselves into whiteness to be viable."
educationallinguist.wordpress.com/2025/11/05/z...
educationallinguist.wordpress.com/2025/11/05/z...
Zohran Mamdani Just Gave American Politics a Raciolinguistic Reality Check
Zohran Mamdani just won the New York City mayoral race, and it’s a big deal for reasons that will no doubt be dissected for years to come. But what really stands out to me is how this moment shifts…
educationallinguist.wordpress.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:50 PM
"He essentially said, 'I’m not going to hide who I am to make you comfortable.' In doing so Mamdani delivered a raciolinguistic reality check that refuses the idea that politicians of color need to translate themselves into whiteness to be viable."
educationallinguist.wordpress.com/2025/11/05/z...
educationallinguist.wordpress.com/2025/11/05/z...
The Chiefs coming out to “Ender Sandman”?! Ain’t y’all know that’s reserved for Mariano Rivera!?
October 28, 2025 at 12:08 AM
The Chiefs coming out to “Ender Sandman”?! Ain’t y’all know that’s reserved for Mariano Rivera!?
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In my latest blog post I delve into the implication of Trump's Compact on the field of educational linguistics--and it is not pretty.
Why Trump’s Compact Poses an Existential Threat to Educational Linguistics educationallinguist.wordpress.com/2025/10/27/w...
Why Trump’s Compact Poses an Existential Threat to Educational Linguistics educationallinguist.wordpress.com/2025/10/27/w...
Why Trump’s Compact Poses an Existential Threat to Educational Linguistics
Donald Trump’s so-called Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education is his latest attempt to impose a partisan political vision on the nation’s universities. Framed as a push for rigor and…
educationallinguist.wordpress.com
October 27, 2025 at 10:05 PM
In my latest blog post I delve into the implication of Trump's Compact on the field of educational linguistics--and it is not pretty.
Why Trump’s Compact Poses an Existential Threat to Educational Linguistics educationallinguist.wordpress.com/2025/10/27/w...
Why Trump’s Compact Poses an Existential Threat to Educational Linguistics educationallinguist.wordpress.com/2025/10/27/w...
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Venice Bakery is remembering those that have died in ICE custody this year by adding them to their community altar for Dia de Los Muertos.
By @eltragon.bsky.social
By @eltragon.bsky.social
October 27, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Venice Bakery is remembering those that have died in ICE custody this year by adding them to their community altar for Dia de Los Muertos.
By @eltragon.bsky.social
By @eltragon.bsky.social
Nah man but Phil Collins had some outrageously bumpin hits
October 26, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Nah man but Phil Collins had some outrageously bumpin hits
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He is 13. A 7th grader w/ a pending asylum case. Being held more than 500 miles from home & housed w/ adults. He called his mom crying, & reported that he’s sleeping on concrete w/ an aluminum blanket.
How is this anything other than sick & shameful? www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...
How is this anything other than sick & shameful? www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...
Everett 13-year-old arrested by ICE and sent to Virginia detention facility - The Boston Globe
The boy’s mother, Josiele Berto, was called to pick her son up from the Everett Police Department on Thursday, the day he was arrested.
www.bostonglobe.com
October 13, 2025 at 1:43 AM
He is 13. A 7th grader w/ a pending asylum case. Being held more than 500 miles from home & housed w/ adults. He called his mom crying, & reported that he’s sleeping on concrete w/ an aluminum blanket.
How is this anything other than sick & shameful? www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...
How is this anything other than sick & shameful? www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...
I’m dead 💀 DY dropped an album early cuz he won his trial and the first song is “¿Quien es Dios?”
October 16, 2025 at 1:56 PM
I’m dead 💀 DY dropped an album early cuz he won his trial and the first song is “¿Quien es Dios?”
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I think more people should be reading the short story collection I'M NOT HUNGRY BUT I COULD EAT 🤭
Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat
October 13, 2025 at 10:13 PM
I think more people should be reading the short story collection I'M NOT HUNGRY BUT I COULD EAT 🤭
Only got one thing to say about today, and Yandel said it best: “tienes que explicarle a esta gente que cuando Cristóbal Colón llegó a América, ya había gente, papi”
October 13, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Only got one thing to say about today, and Yandel said it best: “tienes que explicarle a esta gente que cuando Cristóbal Colón llegó a América, ya había gente, papi”
Yo let me spare you the trouble. Don’t try and use chickpea pasta. Shit crumbles if you boil even 1 second too long
October 4, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Yo let me spare you the trouble. Don’t try and use chickpea pasta. Shit crumbles if you boil even 1 second too long
It’s the pretty boys versus the petty boys
October 2, 2025 at 1:22 PM
It’s the pretty boys versus the petty boys
Ustedes no se puede comparar con nosotros.
Sería un falta de respeto
Sería un falta de respeto
September 29, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Ustedes no se puede comparar con nosotros.
Sería un falta de respeto
Sería un falta de respeto
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What the fuck?
Des Moines Public Schools Superintendent Ian Roberts detained by ICE agents
The superintendent of the largest school district in Iowa has been detained by federal immigration officials. Superintendent Ian Roberts of Des Moines Public Schools was detained Friday morning, accor...
www.iowapublicradio.org
September 26, 2025 at 6:56 PM
What the fuck?
My mom’s the only person in America who doesn’t like Redzone. “I was following the one game and now I’m confused!”😂
September 21, 2025 at 7:12 PM
My mom’s the only person in America who doesn’t like Redzone. “I was following the one game and now I’m confused!”😂
Aight I do have regrets in life. I regret not copping entradas to this Bad Bunny show while he was in PR
September 21, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Aight I do have regrets in life. I regret not copping entradas to this Bad Bunny show while he was in PR
Got moms set up with the Bad Bunny livestream. That’s my good son deed for the day
September 21, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Got moms set up with the Bad Bunny livestream. That’s my good son deed for the day
Reflected a little on my most recent visit to the patria. Peep the words arranged into cohesive thoughts here: ckcwrites.substack.com/p/on-finding...
On Finding Home—one glimpse, one year at a time
Weeklong retreats to the motherland and finding an ineffable sense of you
ckcwrites.substack.com
September 7, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Reflected a little on my most recent visit to the patria. Peep the words arranged into cohesive thoughts here: ckcwrites.substack.com/p/on-finding...
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This, combined with the ICE Director saying they can just tell whom to detain off of looks, tells you everything you need to know about this country’s current approach to Latine people
What Were Federal Agents Doing at a Puerto Rican Museum in Chicago?
The museum described the surprise visit as a “targeted” attempt to intimidate staff and patrons ahead of a lineup of Latine cultural celebrations.
hyperallergic.com/1027159/what...
The museum described the surprise visit as a “targeted” attempt to intimidate staff and patrons ahead of a lineup of Latine cultural celebrations.
hyperallergic.com/1027159/what...
What Were Federal Agents Doing at a Puerto Rican Museum in Chicago?
The museum described the surprise visit as a “targeted” attempt to intimidate staff and patrons ahead of a lineup of Latine cultural celebrations.
hyperallergic.com
July 11, 2025 at 3:41 PM
This, combined with the ICE Director saying they can just tell whom to detain off of looks, tells you everything you need to know about this country’s current approach to Latine people
Reposted by Chris
What Were Federal Agents Doing at a Puerto Rican Museum in Chicago?
The museum described the surprise visit as a “targeted” attempt to intimidate staff and patrons ahead of a lineup of Latine cultural celebrations.
hyperallergic.com/1027159/what...
The museum described the surprise visit as a “targeted” attempt to intimidate staff and patrons ahead of a lineup of Latine cultural celebrations.
hyperallergic.com/1027159/what...
What Were Federal Agents Doing at a Puerto Rican Museum in Chicago?
The museum described the surprise visit as a “targeted” attempt to intimidate staff and patrons ahead of a lineup of Latine cultural celebrations.
hyperallergic.com
July 11, 2025 at 10:00 AM
What Were Federal Agents Doing at a Puerto Rican Museum in Chicago?
The museum described the surprise visit as a “targeted” attempt to intimidate staff and patrons ahead of a lineup of Latine cultural celebrations.
hyperallergic.com/1027159/what...
The museum described the surprise visit as a “targeted” attempt to intimidate staff and patrons ahead of a lineup of Latine cultural celebrations.
hyperallergic.com/1027159/what...
4 de Julio Fourth of July ando con mi prima borracha rulay
July 4, 2025 at 2:02 PM
4 de Julio Fourth of July ando con mi prima borracha rulay