Family Lore

by Elizabeth Acevedo

advance every desire you have? How can I serve your brilliance? And sometimes you think that and more: if I have a little one, I hope she has your kindness, your curiosity, your unfuckwitable vibe.

People love to say New Yorkers are hard, mean, ambitious beyond what’s normal. But I think it’s just that we are surrounded by brick walls, so of course people are trying to claw their way up to some sort of sky.