For Hispanic Heritage month, I’ve been reflecting on how hard it was for me to find a voice like mine- a female voice – in Latin literature when I was growing up. Latin America has had highly gifted writers, and I devoured Magical Realism books, which felt so intimate and familiar to me. Reading 100Continue reading “Hipanic Heritage Month”
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Breathing Life into Words
Writing as an act of conception- that was my take-away when I read Jorge Luis Borges’s short story ‘Circular Ruins.’ Tackling classics isn’t always easy for a contemporary reader. Even though I mostly read 19th and early 20th century books early on, I’m hooked on modern writers and their easy prose, gripping plots and charactersContinue reading “Breathing Life into Words”
My Writing Story 