CRIATURA FOLKLORE:

“what a coincidence that/ all things ugly/

tossed into folklore out of fear/ scratch their way out of myth.”

CRIATURA FOLKLORE: “what a coincidence that/ all things ugly/ tossed into folklore out of fear/ scratch their way out of myth.”

Photo by @BOBBYGORDONPHOTO | design by @THEHOODCRIATURA

Photo by @BOBBYGORDONPHOTO | design by @THEHOODCRIATURA





féi hernandez (b.1993, Chihuahua, Mexico) is a trans, formerly undocumented immigrant. féi is a poet/prosist, cultural worker, director/filmmaker, designer/illustrator, and a life doula—creative and spiritual coach—devoted to the empowerment and preservation of trans and queer Black and Indigenous futures. She is a 2023 Lambda Literary fellow and 2022 Tin House Scholar. féi is the author of Hood Criatura (Sundress Publications 2020) and the forthcoming (UN)DOCU MENTE (Noemi Press, 2025). féi has been published in Poetry Foundation, Academy of American Poets' "Poem-a-Day,", Autostraddle, PANK Magazine, Somewhere We are Human, TransLash Media & Narrative, and more.