JP Infante

JP Infante is the author of On the Tip of Your Mother’s Tongue and Aquí y Allá: Winston Vargas Photographs the Dominican Community in Washington Heights. He is the winner of PEN’s Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize and Thirty West’s Chapbook contest. His writing has appeared in Kweli, The Poetry Project, A Gathering of the Tribes, and elsewhere. He has been awarded scholarships and fellowships from the Baldwin for the Arts, NY State Writers Institute, PEN America and The Center for Fiction. He holds an MFA from The New School.
Photographer: Francis Mateo, Copyright 2004

Bagging Weight

By JP Infante, guest-edited by Jacqueline Woodson February 19, 2025
"The billboards, giant screens, marquees are off like a giant plug was ripped out its socket. No cash on me, only a bundle of heroin and a useless Metrocard."