another covid anecdote
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what's that Mommy Wound you got there
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covid dreams
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
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....
🛌 💌
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
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
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
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mini-interview with Elena Passarello
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
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*
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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:
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greatest hits
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
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
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
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slow reads
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Mommy's El Camino Turns 1
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
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
Recently I saw a post on Bluesky about someone using Submittable who realized that writers no longer get an email notification when work is rejected or...
pit stop 2
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
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
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"what’s the worst that could happen to me if I tell this truth"
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
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
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The Practice
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we are heading on out of here
out of 2023, off of substack
Lolling
in the lull
"...enough personal exposure. I want to talk to you about this next time we see each other IRL."
a mini-interview with K. Huntress Inskeep
ALL THE BOOKS I READ
in 2023
EXIT INTERVIEW #2, Part 2
Mila and Amanda
Sunday glove box
reading and listening
EXIT INTERVIEW #2
Mila and Amanda, Part 1
JOBS
and HOW I SURVIVED THEM
I always have a gift for you.
It's me.
"...and all over again– I’m found."
a mini-interview with Sloan Asakura
mother of
not a birth story
feel drowsy
exit and rest
Still Alive: an excerpt from LJ Pemberton's forthcoming novel from Malarkey Books
"In this story, as in life, there’s no cure for living."
dry spell
tumbleweeding
"Can you imagine!"
A mini-interview with MariNaomi
remember
forget