Swallow, by MJ Santiago

Poetry, chapbook, 36 pages, from Bottlecap Press.

Swallow is a collection of poems about eating fast food, avoiding the alligators, and plotting your next move. The poems in this chapbook exist in the moment right after taking a bite of a Shredded Chicken Mini Quesadilla.

Cover art by Zoë Blair-Schlagenhauf.

MJ Santiago is a queer Mexican American from central Florida, currently living in Brooklyn. They enjoy making bad art, petting their cats, and organizing with their community. Their first chapbook, Baby Knife, was published by Tenderness Lit in 2018. More of their work can be found at mjsantiago.com.