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Michelle García

About

Michelle García is a journalist based in Texas and New York City. She is at work on Anima Sola, a nonfiction book investigating American manhood and violence on the U.S.-Mexico border to be published by Viking.

Articles

Issue 87, Winter 2014

Searching for La Perdida

“The words, in Spanish, I vaguely understand, but even in my child’s mind I know that his songs, like the day’s troubles, arise from love—for us and our South Texas land.”

By Michelle García
Issue 90, Fall 2015

My Name Is Alex

Lessons from the ranch tend to form deep grooves in my memory because they involve extremes, life and death.

By Michelle García
Issue 96, Spring 2017

The Year of the Heavy Moon

There were no mirrors at Standing Rock. For six days, I didn’t see my reflection, yet I saw myself, my beliefs, reflected back in the stories that came to me—unsolicited, unprovoked.

By Michelle García
Issue 124, Spring 2024

The Mythic and the Everyday

In his work, Raul Rene Gonzalez reimagines familiar symbols and scenes to celebrate, even mythologize, everyday life.

By Michelle García