Rows of cubicles under fluorescent panels, long and narrow—less like fixtures than pale bulbs bleaching the floor like a tanning bed. I crawl the nylon carpet to the boardroom, the gray table anchored in the center like a tomb. On the wall, the dry-erase board a battlefield of decimals. My prize waits in that tray: […]
Dom Blanco
Dom Blanco is the author of Querencia: An Autoethnography, winner of the 2026 Paul Nemser Prize (forthcoming from Lily Poetry Review Books in March 2027). He studied philosophy at DePaul University and holds an MFA from Randolph College—where he was selected as a Blackburn Fellow. His work has appeared in MĀNOA Journal (Architectures of FuturoPasados), Huizache, Latin@ Literatures, The Brooklyn Review, Rise Up Review and elsewhere. Originally from Miami, Florida, and now based in Bloomingdale, Illinois, on Potawatomi land, he likes to bask in the sun like a meerkat and embark on walks that lead nowhere through downtown Chicago.