by Zero Ramos Laforga
A House in a New Brunswick Reminiscent of Andrew Wyeth
by Jim Ross
Zero Ramos Laforga is a Filipino queer trans artist, writer, musician, and educator from the San Francisco Bay Area. He is currently pursuing a BFA in English literature and MAT in urban education and social justice from the University of San Francisco. His poetry has previously been published in Ignatian Literary Magazine and most recently a current edition of The Quarter(ly) Journal.
Jim Ross jumped into creative pursuits in 2015 after a rewarding research career. With a graduate degree from Howard University, in nine years he’s published nonfiction, fiction, poetry, photography, hybrid, plays, and interviews in two hundred journals on five continents. A Best of the Net 2024 nominee, his photo publications include Burningword, Phoebe, Stonecoast, and Typehouse.
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