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Robert Lopez

Robert Lopez is the author of two story collections and three novels, including All Back Full. His new book, A Better Class of People, will be published by Four Way Books in 2021. He teaches too much at too many places and plays more tennis than his middle-aged body can handle. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.

Essays, Memoirs & True Stories

What Might Have Been Lost

I can say I’m Puerto Rican, and no one can refute that, but I don’t know what it’s like to feel Puerto Rican. I don’t know what it’s like to see the flag of Puerto Rico and feel something that resembles pride.

October 2020

Essays, Memoirs & True Stories

Parade Day

Today is the National Puerto Rican Day Parade. I am watching it on television in Brooklyn while the Puerto Ricans are parading up Fifth Avenue in Manhattan.

February 2020

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