A Woman on the Verge…
This is such an exquisitely fun (and dark) book to be in. My story "Monarchs and Maidens" is in here as well as many truly inspired stories taking place in Santa Cruz County. We just did a reading at SkyLight Books for it in Los Angeles. I always wanted to read at SkyLight and now …
Continue reading "Santa Cruz Noir is Here"
"Nüremberg Principal IV states that “The fact that a person acted pursuant to order of his Government or of a superior does not relieve him from responsibility under international law, provided a moral choice was in fact possible to him" We are in a moral crisis and none of us should be sleeping at night. …
Continue reading "Calling on all California State Politicians to Respond"
I'm from the land of no apologies of no forgiveness of something you did when you were seven being held against you from set bed times and daily chores: that one load of laundry, empty the trash, sweep the floor nothing in the sink; nothing on the floor perfection A family of Latinas who call …
is my newest personal essay up on Rabble Lit. I love this journal and the work they publish. It continually makes me feel like my perspective--my own working class background now has a voice and I appreciate that. I'm glad they wanted a piece on teaching in prison.
I (want) to celebrate the me, not yet to come, but the one who is here now who has had a long journey and is a bit tired and always slightly uncomfortable with the way I look. I always think I'm taller (I'm 5'4"). I always think my eyes are less squinty than they really …
Not long ago, my kids' school, was--when you get right down to it--bullied by the local school district. Almost since its inception, our school has been accused of 'recruiting' students to its programming--though most arrive on the doorstep of our charter severely exhausted at what amounts to beating one's head against a wall advocacy of …
Continue reading "A Chancla Thrown at School District Nonsense"
My other blog Tales of a Sierra Madre will host 30 poems and 30 days. Join me with your own in the comments. Here's to a month of poems.
We'll be making t-shirts of course but in the meantime, here's the new logo for Pachuca Productions -- the new Latina owned microtheatre started by Tina Terrazas and I in Plumas County. We move around the county producing original plays, variety shows, and provocative works by other women. Message us if you'd like to get …
Continue reading "Pachuca Productions Logo Is Finally Here!"
I read this essay last month on stage but I haven't published it anywhere or sent it out. I decided it's too personal for a publication so I'm posting it here. Inspired by all things #metoo For the Record… By Margaret Elysia Garcia End of summer 1992. Two semesters of college left ahead of me …
https://medium.com/@margaretelysiagarcia/a-huge-wrinkle-in-the-new-wrinkle-in-time-cd3c414e4dfc I posted my review of the new DISNEY movie on Medium this morning: https://medium.com/@margaretelysiagarcia/a-huge-wrinkle-in-the-new-wrinkle-in-time-cd3c414e4dfc
Online literary and art mag
FOR DISCERNING READERS
A selfish poet
Empowering women writers to submit their work for publication
Sharp | Singular | Stories
Just another WordPress.com site
Helping you Improve your Online Business
A web magazine for friends, families and advocates of mental health
A great WordPress.com site
sacpros.org is devoted to breaking down the barriers which prevent access to mental health services by providing easy access to available services in the community
LIVE! Every Wednesday @ 8pm Eastern / 7pm Central on StrangeLabel.com
Seasoned with equal parts strange and sassy.
Writer, Poet, Journalist
BURLESQUE: A work that ridicules a topic by treating something exalted as if it were trivial or vice-versa. See also parody and travesty.
A topnotch WordPress.com site
A blog about love, travel, family & sanity
