Found Poem (Pamela George): Fantine
Victor Hugo Mendevil
“What’s the matter here?”
–10,000 Maniacs
Pamela George’s status as
/a prostitute/pros/pro/p
/a denizen of the Stroll/a denizen of/a denzien/a
/mother of two/mother/m
/uninvestigated/uninvestigate/investigate/gate/e
/sexuality/sexual/l
/Phenomenon in Canada/in Canada/Can/a
/an Aboriginal/Aboriginal/original/origin/org/g
/unsolved/solved/solve/olve/e
/a member of the Sakimay First Nations/of Sakimay First Nations/of/o
/a radicalized Other/radicalized Other/radicalized/radicalize/rad/r
/gone missing/gone/g
/a sex worker/worker/e
\an Indian\
was one of hundreds.
Victor Hugo Mendevil is a Boston-based, Native American poet. Originally from Seattle, he is pursuing a PhD in English at Northeastern University and holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Hofstra University. His poetry can be found in Pangyrus LitMag, Harbor Review, and America’s Best Emerging Poets. Victor Hugo is a shortlist recipient of the 2025 DISQUIET Literary Prize in Poetry and a 2025 Pruitt-Meinke Writers in Paradise Fellow.