my mother, rowing the laundry ashore (circa 1984)
Three years ago, I published a very brief, lyric piece of nonfiction in Waccamaw. It's called "Glass House: The First Moment of Her Leaving," and it's about my mother first meeting (or seeing) my father. You can read it here. With thanks to the lovely Cara Blue Adams.
My lyric essay, "Three Myths from the Northern Mariana Islands," is forthcoming from one of my favorite literary magazines, StoryQuarterly. The essay is divided into three parts, or three myths, from my native islands, the Marianas, also known as the Isles of Sails and the Isles of Thieves: "Creation Myth," "Myth of the Ancients," and "The Myth of the Lourdes Spring." I'm heart-happy and honored to be included in the issue, and I'll let you know when it drops.
My essay, "Dog and Wolf: the Time Between," which appeared first in Southern Humanities Review and was later included in an anthology of North Carolina writers (27 Views of Wilmington), was is in Best American Essays 2016. My thanks to Aaron Alford and Chantel Acevedo.
