![]() The ten days I spent in Iguala had inspired me to write that story collection I claimed I was writing to get the grant from Kresge College. I had to remember each of them, write their stories, share their pain, so that they knew they weren’t alone. It was by writing about the people I knew, describing their plight, that I could honor their difficult experiences and keep them in my heart and mind. My visit to Mexico over Christmas, though painful, had once again reinforced my need to write about the place of my birth. ![]() To my disappointment, I was the only Latina in my advanced fiction class. ![]() W hen the new year arrived, I started my second quarter at UC Santa Cruz. This excerpt was published in Poets & Dreamers. ![]()
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