Ximena Blanco Biography Ximena Blanco is a Paraguayan writer. She holds an MFA from New York University and is currently working on a novel and a collection of short stories. See Work FICTION / Spring/Summer 2023 Lilies for Romina By Ximena Blanco , Illustration by Hanna Barczyk The day she decided to leave her lover, Romina was sitting in a plastic folding chair brought from home and waiting for her mother to be released from emergency services.
