We Didn’t Always Live in the Mojave

On Memoir: Published in New World Writing Quarterly + a note about inspiration and the creative process

I’m excited to share that my essay “We Didn’t Always Live in the Mojave” has been published in New World Writing Quarterly.

I wrote this piece after reading The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros. I stumbled upon the book in a used bookstore fashioned from an old bus on a farm in the mountains and devoured it. I found the young voice, the rhythm, a…