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Septembers past: 9 photos
September 15, 2024
when words fail me I always have pictures September 2005, Quito, Ecuador September 2009, Los Angeles, CA September 2012, Will Rogers State Beach, Los...
back to school
September 8, 2024
Welcome to the Sunday post. In the spirit of back to school vibes, fresh notebooks, and a big autumn to-read list, I offer the gist of my Fall 2024 syllabus...
new teeth
September 1, 2024
Welcome to the Sunday post. A few days after starting the journal I tested positive for covid for the first time. A few days before I ended the journal my...
mini-interview with Ben Tanzer
August 29, 2024
Ben is someone I’ve known for about ten years now. He’s the author of many books and has many projects running seemingly at all times. Anytime I have the...
scenes: aug. 15-17
August 25, 2024
Welcome to the Sunday post. Until next week, Wendy
Process Notes by Tiana Reid
August 18, 2024
Welcome to the Sunday post. Today’s post is by Tiana Reid. Tiana Reid is a writer, scholar, and educator who lives in Toronto. She is currently an assistant...
the balancing act part 2
August 11, 2024
Welcome to the Sunday post. view of Los Angeles from Kenneth Hahn State Recreation Area When I took the photo above last Monday, I was feeling hopeful. I...
the balancing act
August 4, 2024
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another covid anecdote
July 21, 2024
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what's that Mommy Wound you got there
July 14, 2024
Welcome to the Sunday post. Paid subscribers: RSVP for the July FRONT SEAT OFFICE HOUR, where we meet via Zoom, check-in, and co-work for an hour on...
covid dreams
July 7, 2024
Welcome to the Sunday post. I can’t send this without referencing the increased anxiety among people I know and don’t. If you’re feeling despair, I offer...
books read January-June 2024
June 30, 2024
Welcome to the Sunday post. I’m writing you from day 11 of covid quarantine. This is the most miserable vacation/exile from everyday life I’ve ever had....
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June 23, 2024
Welcome to the Sunday post. my view from the last 5 days, except this one with full moon, 6/22/24 I write to you from bed, where I’ve been since Wednesday...
notes on Couples Therapy
June 16, 2024
Welcome to the Sunday post. Catch up here. Still from the tv show Couples Therapy From notes I took while watching the latest season of Couples Therapy....
artifact
June 9, 2024
Welcome to the Sunday post. Is school ever really out? High school report card, full of stories and littered with cigarette butts, joints, capsules of...
a strong suggestion, a willful stance, an insistence
June 2, 2024
Welcome to the Sunday post. What’s this all about? Paid subscribers are invited to the next FRONT SEAT OFFICE HOUR, Friday, June 14th, 2pm-3pm Pacific. We’ll...
mini-interview with Elena Passarello
May 30, 2024
Elena Passarello When I think of Elena Passarello, I think of an essayist who embodies curiosity, humor, and intelligence, then alchemizes these qualities...
symptoms and cures
May 26, 2024
Welcome to the Sunday post. Some photos I keep on my phone as reminders—for when I have an unnerving eye twitch, when I wake up at 2am for more than one...
among the stars*
May 19, 2024
Welcome to the Sunday post. The Spring 2024 issue of Pleiades is out. The Spring 2024 issue of Pleiades on my lap where it lived for much of the weekend. The...
one of my mothers
May 12, 2024
Welcome to the Sunday post. I just finished reading a printed and bound risograph text, an anthology, called Mommy Wound, and I can’t wait to write to you...
Letter from a reader: Process
May 9, 2024
Welcome to a Thursday edition of Mommy’s El Camino. After a recent post where I wrote about my ongoing writing process, I received a reply from a reader....
9am pool crew
May 5, 2024
Welcome to the Sunday post. My heart is with all the people sustaining and supporting the student encampments around the country. Thank you to every person...
call for submissions
April 28, 2024
Welcome to the Sunday post. What’s this all about? Where can I read every last thing Mommy’s El Camino has published since March 2023? Paid subscribers are...
the blurbs that never were
April 21, 2024
Welcome to the Sunday post. It’s taking me over a month to fill out this author questionnaire. The bulk of it is answered but I want to take my time because...
The Vickie Vértiz Admiration Society is Now in Session
April 14, 2024
Welcome to the Sunday post. JOIN US on Zoom on Thursday, April 18th, 3pm-4pm Pacific, where Jessica Ceballos y Campbell and I will be in conversation with...
mini-interview with Nilsa Ada Rivera
April 11, 2024
It's Mommy's El Camino! Thanks for riding along. Nilsa on a peak in Puerto Rico In 2021, I met Nilsa Ada Rivera via FaceTime. We had both just signed...
re: re: re:
April 7, 2024
Welcome to the Sunday post. JOIN US on Zoom on Thursday, April 18th, 3pm-4pm Pacific, where Jessica Ceballos y Campbell and I will be in conversation with...
greatest hits
March 31, 2024
Welcome to the Sunday post. I've just returned from a road trip up and down the California coast. Here are some links to the archives you might find...
book #4
March 24, 2024
Welcome to the Sunday post. The germ of the idea has been sprouting for years now. After a number of fits and starts, I think I've got a little tail of...
mini-interview with Ursula Villarreal-Moura
March 21, 2024
Like Happiness, out on 3/26/24 I feel like I've been internet acquainted with Ursula for a long time. She was among some of the people I connected with on...
history with tobacco
March 17, 2024
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slow reads
March 10, 2024
Welcome to the Sunday post. Mommy's El Camino was mentioned in Lisa Locascio Nighthawk's newsletter Not Knowing How. Thanks so much, Lisa.🌷🌿💘 Premium...
Mommy's El Camino Turns 1
March 3, 2024
Welcome to the Sunday post. What's this all about? Where can I read more of what I missed in the past year? Hey, Premium Subscribers riding shotgun: the next...
mini-interview with Lexi Kent-Monning
February 29, 2024
Lexi Kent-Monning I've spent some time with Lexi Kent-Monning's work--whether it was choosing her essay when I was a guest editor for Joyland, or most...
I Will Not Submit: on literary journal submissions
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Welcome to the Sunday post. The shelf of copies of my own books + literary journals I edited or was published in, from about 2000 to today. I have a shelf...
pit stop 2
February 18, 2024
Welcome to the Sunday post. This is the final week that I have the pleasure of facilitating a nonfiction writing workshop with Tin House, and all my creative...
pit stop 1
February 11, 2024
Welcome to the Sunday post. This week and next I have the pleasure of leading a nonfiction writing workshop with Tin House, and all my creative energies will...
the adolescent closet portal
February 4, 2024
Welcome to the Sunday post. What on earth? And: A note to premium subscribers and Founding Members! The first 2024 Mommy's El Camino FRONT SEAT OFFICE HOUR...
"what’s the worst that could happen to me if I tell this truth"
February 1, 2024
A mini-interview with Chris J. Rice Chris J. Rice Sitting across from her at an outdoor lunch. Making tamales at my dining room table. Seeing her at the...
collecting, collaging
January 28, 2024
Welcome to the Sunday post. If you'd like a roadmap, click here. Something I made who knows exactly when. Subscribe now The favorite things I've ever written...
caring for the wound
January 21, 2024
Hello, it's Sunday. Interested in what's come before in the El Camino? Check it out here. Upcoming events: ART TALKS (on Zoom, open to all, dates and artists...
The Practice
January 14, 2024
Hey look, it's the Sunday post. We're here! Mommy's El Camino is now coming to you from Buttondown. If you're a paid subscriber or Founding Member, your...
we are heading on out of here
December 24, 2023
out of 2023, off of substack
Lolling
December 17, 2023
in the lull
"...enough personal exposure. I want to talk to you about this next time we see each other IRL."
December 14, 2023
a mini-interview with K. Huntress Inskeep
ALL THE BOOKS I READ
December 10, 2023
in 2023
EXIT INTERVIEW #2, Part 2
December 7, 2023
Mila and Amanda
Sunday glove box
December 3, 2023
reading and listening
EXIT INTERVIEW #2
November 30, 2023
Mila and Amanda, Part 1
JOBS
$ · November 26, 2023
and HOW I SURVIVED THEM
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