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
time lapse video of my second full length (visual) poetry collection
féi iká shumarí, otherwise known as féi hernandez (b.1993, Chihuahua, Mexico) is a two spirit/trans, (un)documented writer, visual artist, and healer. She is a 2023 Lambda Literary fellow and 2022 Tin House Scholar. féi is the author of HOOD CRIATURA (Sundress Publications, 2020), the forthcoming (UN)DOCU MENTE (Noemi Press, 2025) and CHABÓCHI DOLL (Abode Press, 2026). féi’s poetry/ prose is published in Los Angeles Review of Books, POETRY, Academy of American Poets, Hayden Ferry’s Review, Oxford Review of Books, TransLash Media, Somewhere we are Human( Harper Collins, 2022), Here to Stay (Harper Collins, 2024), Split This Rock, F News Magazine, and more. féi is descendent of the Pi’ma, Rarámuri, and Cora peoples. For more of her projects, designs, services and products visit: feihernandez.com