I Asked the Blue Heron: A Memoir
I write to survive the shipwreck of my childhood, holding on a piece of debris, adrift in the dark, deep ocean that is my mind. I write to understand…
Ideosyncratic coping strategies
On Becoming a Writer
My second grade teacher in the Grupo Escolar Simón Rodríguez, la Maestra Olga, asked the children in khaki pants and red gingham dresses in front of her to write a…
How to find home
How to define home when living an entire life in transition? During the last 20 years, I have lived in three different countries and moved eight times. It’s not packing…