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Author of novels, poetry, plays, anthologies, & kids' books. My 8th novel VANISHING MAPS is now available! My newsletter is no longer activeโI've retiredโbut please feel free to review three years' worth of encouragement here!
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My work is grounded in 1980s Bushwick, Brooklyn, a neglected Black and Brown neighborhood that I left when I was 13. I return to my home hood in my stories to make visible the invisible, & chronicle my life in the tradition of Esmeralda Santiago.