GOOD GRIEF by SG Huerta

GOOD GRIEF is a collection of flash essays about grief in all its everyday ugliness and, well, goodness. These essays grieve a writing journey marred by racism and queerphobia, a father lost to suicide, an adolescence lost to assault, a life predetermined by their bipolar disorder. The grief of being alive in the United States as a queer disabled person of color! SG Huerta is a queer Xicanx writer from Dallas. A 2023 Roots Wounds Words Fellow and 2024 Tin House participant, they spend their time freelancing and working on the masthead of literary organizations such as Abode Press, ANMLY, and Split Lip Magazine. SG is the author of two poetry chapbooks, The Things We Bring with Us (Headmistress Press 2021) and Last Stop (Defunkt Magazine 2023). Their work has appeared in Barrelhouse, Bodega Magazine, The Offing, Split Lip Magazine, Infrarrealista Review, and elsewhere. Find them at sghuertawriting.com, or in Texas with their partner and two cats, standing unwaveringly with oppressed and