by BlogEditor | Mar 5, 2021 | Fiction
I thought I’d be happier to step onto American soil. It was home, after all. I thought it would be comforting or reassuring or something. I thought it would feel like home. But looking at the giant ass American flag across from the escalator came with an emotion I...
by BlogEditor | Feb 26, 2021 | Creative Nonfiction, The Keeping Room
“… to the children of our country, regardless of your gender, our country has sent you a clear message: Dream with ambition, lead with conviction, and see yourselves in a way that others may not, simply because they’ve never seen it before…” ...
by BlogEditor | Jan 25, 2021 | Creative Nonfiction, The Keeping Room
My body of skin holds the story of my life. Skin holds memory the way the Earth harbors fossils. A touch becomes permanent. The day when I was six years old, walking home from school and recalling the nun had told us we could pray anytime, anywhere. I stopped and...
by BlogEditor | Jan 18, 2021 | Creative Nonfiction, The Keeping Room
Greek-style chicken thighs with bruschetta. Italian steaks and panzanella. Seared tilapia and pickled pepper relish. Menu choices at a trendy, highly-ranked restaurant? No. The final challenge recipes of a reality cooking television show? No. On the contrary, they’re...
by BlogEditor | Jan 12, 2021 | Creative Nonfiction, The Keeping Room
2:55 pm Pacific Standard time (11:55 pm Paris time): At the boarding gate, I was asked to remove my glasses so that the facial recognition machine could do its job: validate me as a passenger of Air France Flight 0085 bound from Los Angeles for Paris. Could the...
