Debut
Promoting My Book with Postpartum Depression
I previously had no concept of what it was like to be a victim of your troubled mind.
Keep Writing, Just Keep Writing
As a way to cope with rejection, I often repeated to myself: Focus on the work rather than the results.
Writing Myself Back Into My Body and Into the World
We have the right to imagine what is possible beyond the systems that try to destroy us. Black and queer writers have long imagined worlds beyond this one.
When There Is No Right Way to Heal
The details of those poems may be his first inkling that I know what he did.
Writing Sex with Women, by Women, for Women
People have sex. Women have sex. It would feel irresponsible to censor or smooth over this part of their (and our) lives.
On the Dangers of Autobiographical Writing
Writing like I didn’t think anyone would ever see my words made me bold and reckless, taking risks I might have avoided if I knew my book would be published.
What I Learned When I Set Out to Write an “Authentic” Latina Character
Latinidad, to me, was like a shrunken sweater. I never wanted to get rid of it, but I couldn’t imagine how it would possibly fit.
Portrait of the Author as a Woman with Adult Acne
Will my face betray me when it’s time to talk about my book in public?
A Memoirist’s Terror & Insight: Writing My Ex-Husband on the Page
I wasn’t looking for pretty stories. I wanted messy, ugly, honest secrets.
How This Lawyer Learned to Call Herself a Writer
My vision of a writer has always been someone quiet, someone introverted, and—especially—someone white.