For Latinos who grew up under the reign of "La Chancla" (the flip flop), the idea of corporal punishment is not a foreign one. Many of us, from the moment we could speak in full sentences, already ...

Carmen Tafolla never had to dodge a chancla when she was a kid. The very sound of those flip-flops on her elderly tias’ rapidly approaching feet was enough to both thrill and terrify the future poet ...