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Revere tall bearded iris

Iris season is in full swing and I couldn’t be happier. Every morning I can’t wait to rush outside to see what new variety is blooming. This morning I was particularly delighted to find my Revere in bloom. Absolutely luminescent with their white tops (“standards”) and their heavenly blue/purple (which I’m noticing photographs a lot […]

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Interview in the Latin Post

This week I spoke to a journalist with the Latin Post who asked me some questions about writing, immigration and what I hope readers get out of THE SECRET SIDE OF EMPTY. Check out the interview: click here.

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Keep it classy, Daily News

I love it when I get a chance to just guffaw out loud. This morning, I got that chance at CVS. Here’s the Daily News cover about Deflate-gate. I don’t understand a thing about it – why does deflating balls help? Are there really grown men whose job it is to measure how inflated footballs […]

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Kurt Cobain made me old

It occurred to me while watching the new HBO documentary, Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck: I am old. Not only am I old, but I’m okay with it. I have always been on the side of the young, angsty, tortured artist. In high school, I developed an unnatural obsession with James Dean. It began by […]

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CYBILS Books with Latino Flair

The CYBILS Awards (which stands for Children’s and Young Adult Bloggers Literary Awards) has just released a list of nominated and winning books with Latino characters. It’s a fascinating and eclectic list, with authors like the acclaimed Matt de la Peña on there, as well as Isabel Quintero’s GABI, A GIRL IN PIECES, winner of […]

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Humility with a side of Mother’s Day

So, apparently I make hi-la-rious faces when squeegeeing the windows. Unbeknownst to me (since the reflection kept me from seeing in the house and since I was clearly involved in a very sensitive operation), all the while I was cleaning the windows my daughter was inside laughing her butt off and documenting my strugglefor posterity. […]

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I got it!!!

All I wanted for Mother’s Day was an iris bloom… and I got one!!! My lovely Aggressively Forward decided to give me my wish and grace me with one single, gorgeous bloom. It was a nail biter, though. When I woke up around 6:00 a.m.-ish I leaned out my bedroom window to see and it […]

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Save the date… my birthday!

It’s true, I am a terrible attention hog on my birthday. I start spreading the word around March that the most important day of the year is on its way: June 14th, Flag Day, otherwise known as The Day I Celebrate My Birth. (35 days away, but who’s counting?). When I was a teenager and […]

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Peek behind the curtain

Do you ever wonder what goes into naming a book? I’m always surprised by how many readers don’t realize that authors don’t always get to name their books… or that, at the very least, there is a story behind many of your favorite titles. Fellow author Sashi Kaufman (author of the wonderful THE OTHER WAY […]

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Silence

Alone, I love silence. When I’m with loved ones, I don’t do well with it at all. I am a person who yearns for connection. I don’t do small talk. I do deep, interested, meaningful conversation. Ask me to chat about property taxes and sales at Macy’s at a barbecue, all the inane filler talk […]

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