On the heels of our enemies

Christopher Rey Pérez’s twelve-page long poem, On the heels of our enemies, is not a meditation but an active engagement with shifting geographical and imaginary borders, from Mexico to Jerusalem.

Born in the Río Grande Valley of Texas, Christopher Rey Pérez holds degrees in Literature and Creative Writing from the University of Texas at Austin and the Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts in New York. He has lived and written in México, Guatemala, Argentina, and Brazil. Currently, he is a Visiting Lecturer at Al-Quds Bard Honors College in the West Bank. He is also the editor of a new journal of the Americas, Dolce Stil Criollo.