Aaron Caycedo-Kimura
@AaronCKAaron Caycedo-Kimura is the author of Common Grace (Beacon Press, 2022) and Ubasute (Slapering Hol Press, 2021). His honors include a MacDowell Fellowship, a Robert Pinsky Global Fellowship in Poetry, a St. Botolph Club Foundation Emerging Artist Award in Literature, and nominations for the Pushcart Prize, Best of the Net, and Best New Poets anthologies. His work has appeared or is forthcoming in Beloit Poetry Journal, RHINO, Plume Poetry, Poetry Daily, Shenandoah, Pirene’s Fountain, Salamander, Cave Wall, and elsewhere. Aaron earned his MFA in creative writing from Boston University.
Updated January 2024
Stories from This Author
Tough Questions
Sept. 24, 2014 • Aaron Caycedo-Kimura
Some questions in life are tougher to answer than others. At least some of them have real answers. Happy Mother’s Day to my mom, to all the moms out there, and to all who keep their moms on their toes. *This cartoon was originally published on INFJoe on May 11, 2014.
Origami TV
Sept. 10, 2014 • Aaron Caycedo-Kimura
When I teach people how to fold simple origami figures, I often suggest that they unfold and refold a finished figure to solidify in their minds how it is made—dissection and reconstruction. *This cartoon was originally published on INFJoe on May 8, 2014.
Things Happen
Aug. 27, 2014 • Aaron Caycedo-Kimura
I’m a planner, and I think it’s good to plan and prepare. But sometimes, things just happen, life happens, and you just have to roll with it. *This cartoon was originally published on INFJoe on April 26, 2014.
A Thousand Cranes
Aug. 13, 2014 • Aaron Caycedo-Kimura
Another installment of The Real Lives of Origami Figures. It’s a hard balancing act: my need of space on one hand and responsibility towards the people in my life on the other. And occasional feelings of insignificance mixed in. *This cartoon was originally published on INFJoe on April 25, 2014.
Cheating Creativity
July 30, 2014 • Aaron Caycedo-Kimura
I have actually been accused of cheating. In art! It boggles my mind. *This cartoon was originally published on INFJoe on August 25, 2013.
It’s All How You Look at It
July 16, 2014 • Aaron Caycedo-Kimura
I recently got an iPad for traveling abroad. I wanted to be able to write and draw without lugging my trusty (but heavy) laptop around, as well as paper, pens, scanner, etc. I’ve been doing my recent “origami” cartoons on my iPad with the Paper app by 53 and a Wacom Tech Corp. Bamboo stylus. *This cartoon was originally published on INFJoe on August 23, 2013.
What Did I Do with that Winning Ticket?
July 2, 2014 • Aaron Caycedo-Kimura
You can fold just about anything that’s paper: Post-its, dollar bills, gum wrappers, empty sugar packets, etc. *This cartoon was originally published on INFJoe on August 22, 2013.
Life Is So Complicated
June 18, 2014 • Aaron Caycedo-Kimura
The trickier the folds, the more complicated origami gets. The more challenging, and yes, the more rewarding. *This cartoon was originally published on INFJoe on August 21, 2013.
Works in Progress
June 4, 2014 • Aaron Caycedo-Kimura
While I’m folding origami, people often try to guess what I’m making before I’m finished. We are all works in progress and don’t know what we will yet become. *This cartoon was originally published on INFJoe on August 20, 2013.
Another “Real Lives of Origami Figures”
May 21, 2014 • Aaron Caycedo-Kimura
For those who have never folded a crane before, there comes a point at the end where you choose which of the two “tails” will be the bird’s head. Once decided, it’s just a matter of a simple inside reverse fold to form it. *This cartoon was originally published on INFJoe on August 19, 2013.
