Francisco StorkāsĀ youthĀ was so compellingĀ that itĀ makesĀ forĀ a great novel. He was born in Monterrey, Mexico in 1953 to a single mother from a middle class family in Tampico (a city on…
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InĀ āPlaying Catch with Strangers,āĀ an essay published in The New York Times in 2015, Bob Brody writes that he played catch with his father only once in his life. āThat summer…
Read moreHow writing her life story led a woman to inner healing
Maria Aponte was born and raised an only child in East Harlem, otherwise known as āEl Barrio,ā in New York City, to Puerto Rican parents. Because she lost her mother…
Read moreCivil rights era poet shares how he aims to create civility in today’s society
Eugene Ethelbert Miller, who goes by his middle name, āEthelbert,ā is a writer and literary activist who says heās never been busier than at 66. Originally from the Bronx, NY,…
Read moreAward-winning author celebrates 60 and how writing saved her from her emotions
On a typical day, Sandra Cisneros likes to wake up gently, without an alarm clock, around 9:30am. She stays in her pajamas until 1pm, and then starts writing on her…
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