Emilio Carrero | The Sun Magazine

Emilio Carrero

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Emilio Carrero’s work has been published by Guernica and KROnline. This fall he hopes to befriend the elusive Swamp Ape — a Bigfoot-like creature rumored to inhabit the Southeast — as a PhD candidate in creative writing at Florida State University.

— From August 2022
Essays, Memoirs, & True Stories

White Lines

We divided ourselves up until the teams were formed correctly, evenly. In other words, until the white kids were satisfied. No one had declared them the leaders, but, like most enduring traditions, the rule had become quietly understood, rooted in our fledgling muscles and minds.

August 2022
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