Ren Koppel Torres is a 20-year-old Jewish Chicano poet, author, and artist. He is the editor-in-chief of Alebrijes Review, a literary magazine by and for Latines. His favorite soup is pozole rojo.
Women have influenced music throughout history—if they’re excluded from the narrative, then we will never have a true understanding of humanity’s current place in the world.
When I was nine years old, I handed my parents the synopsis of a then-unwritten book scrawled in my chaotic handwriting. I announced that I was going to write a novel and get it published. My parents believed me. I got to work.