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6 December, 2019

@_joseolivarez thank you, josé! 💫

6 December, 2019

This is the first time a poem of mine will be For Real Published, and it’s a dream come true, especially among so m… https://t.co/VXiTB8BcqU

6 December, 2019

I never talk about my poetry, but I’m so far beyond psyched to be included in The Breakbeat Poets Vol.4: LatiNext!… https://t.co/slpL5jUBDf

5 December, 2019

new fuego to curl up to on the @AltLatino playlist, including @LidoPimienta's first release in 3 years, another meg… https://t.co/OyvUnqXx4h

5 December, 2019

i love getting my actual blood drawn while this morning's house impeachment statement broadcasts loudly from the de… https://t.co/fh7plbbWSt

Stefanie Fernández

Stefanie Fernández is a freelance music and arts writer for Miami New Times. She received her BA in English from Yale University in 2017. She is always lying on the floor listening to the Replacements' "Unsatisfied."

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