Ryan Shane Lopez is a teacher with an MFA in fiction from Texas State University. His writing has appeared in numerous magazines, including Hypnopomp, Deep Overstock, Lunate, Fudoki, Patheos, Bodega, and The Bookends Review. He lives in Texas with his wife and two daughters.
Content by Ryan Shane Lopez
Field Notes,
WoC and Me
Why is it then that the first time I heard the term “writer of color” (WoC), I didn’t automatically apply this category to myself? Is it because my mother’s side of the family, while possessing their own treasure trove of stories, are as white as Wonder Bread? Or because the un poquito Spanish I can stammer my way through is what I remember from college rather than my childhood home?
Arts & Culture, Field Notes,
Permanently Scared: A Mother’s “Fictional” Nightmares
While [Karen Russell’s] story includes fantastical elements—namely, a chimerical creature manipulating a scared mother to satisfy its addiction to breastmilk—it also powerfully captures the everyday horrors of new motherhood.
Reviews,
The Audacity of Equality: Fearless Storytelling in Hasan Minhaj’s “Homecoming King”
Homecoming King demonstrates [Minhaj’s] ironic and witty comedy as both self-deprecating and culture-critiquing, nostalgic and of-the-moment, appealing to both the mainstream and the marginalized.