thanks, Papito
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXlPSXuJFDQ] Three times a year I make the same phone call. I am the daughter of a Vietnam veteran. For the longest time, I wanted to not know this about […]
The Music Mosaic
I loved the last mosaic so much that I had to create my own adventure. So here’s one that I created– based on questions about music. INSTRUCTIONS 1. Type your answer to each […]
The Bachelorette, Relationships, and Risk
So I have to admit that I am a little bit obsessed with The Bachelorette this season. I fell into it, I like to think, accidentally when I was on […]
Cruz Avenue
At my Bronx reading a couple weeks ago, one of the women who participated in the research for Hijas Americanas attended wearing beautiful, eye-catching jewelry. Turns out she has launched a […]
a collage, courtesy of Flick'r
I saw this great blog meme on Fighting Windmills and had to do it. INSTRUCTIONS 1. Type your answer to each of the questions below into Flickr Search. 2. Using […]
Sex and The City: The Movie Reviews
We don’t have HBO and so I missed the television movement that was Sex and the City. But because it was a movement, I can’t help but know who Carrie, […]
Kids & Reading
I know I have mentioned that my dad used to take me to the library every Saturday morning when I was a kid and let me check out however many […]
Remembering a great man
I have spent this weekend remembering and honoring great men– those I know and those that I don’t. I was walking into my house on Friday night after a long day […]
Is your memoir topic taken?
I love reading non-fiction, especially memoir, and especially memoir that just spills it and in really lyrical language, too. Perhaps it reminds me of the moment when my first MFA advisor, […]
From the Vault
I was just cleaning out the sent items from my e-mail inbox and came across this Q&A sequence from August 2006– just as I had wrapped the first draft of […]
