SG Huerta
SG Huerta (they/them/elle) is a queer Xicanx writer from Dallas. They received their MFA in creative writing from Texas State University. SG is the Lead Poetry Acquisitions Editor and Managing Editor of Abode Press, a Texan nonprofit press founded on antiracism, anticolonialism, intersectionality, and empathy. A 2023 Roots. Wounds. Words. Fellow, they also serve as a nonfiction co-editor for ANMLY and a marketing co-director for Split Lip Magazine. SG is the author of two poetry chapbooks: The Things We Bring with Us (Headmistress Press 2021), whose title poem was nominated for a Pushcart Prize; and Last Stop (Defunkt Magazine 2023). Their nonfiction chapbook GOOD GRIEF is coming soon (fifth wheel press 2025). They write about trans/literary things in their newsletter, trans poetica. They live in Texas with their partner and two cats. Source
Named
I’ve identified more dead birds than living.
An old friend used to quiz me on flora and fauna,
pointing and asking what’s that? but now won’t
even say my undeadname. A tree, I’d answer,
knowing the mutability of even that. Even that.
Published:
2023
Length:
Shorty
Literary Movements:
Contemporary
Anthology Years:
2025
Themes:
Death & Loss
Friendship
LGBTQ+ Experience
Nature
Literary Devices:
Anadiplosis
A device in which the last word or phrase of one clause, sentence, or line is repeated at the beginning of the next.
Dialogue
conversation between two or more people as a feature of a book, play, or movie