by Admin | Jul 24, 2021 | Uncategorized
I am my only “interview” in the whole of Colorado. Without planning it, the days are a heart-filling personal journey. I see my aunt Adrian, her gravestone, and feel all the isolated depth of that windswept prairie place. I see my childhood friend in Colorado...
by Admin | Jul 22, 2021 | Uncategorized
Amy Hamilton cares about Indigenous grasses and the problem of invasive species – which turns out to be a perfect metaphor for our deep talks about growing up White in the West. How whiteness relates to feminism and issues of communal accountability is on Amy’s mind,...
by Admin | Jul 16, 2021 | Uncategorized
In a pretty amazing accident of good timing, Melina’s very recent essay “Growing Up Chicana in the Heart of Anaya’s Aztlán” (2021) gives our conversations an edge and focus. The piece is a tribute to the great educator and writer Rudy Anaya, of course a major...
by Admin | Jul 14, 2021 | Uncategorized
It’s the day before the 4th of July and we are driving north from Denton toward the Llano Estacado. José is behind the wheel and I’m not sure who of us first says that Priscilla’s house was for us a “feminist rest stop.” We are beginning to put this language of the...
by Admin | Jul 9, 2021 | Uncategorized
In the last couple of years Priscilla has been taking a lot of photos. She posts them on social media sites as #ChicanaBirder. The above photo contributed to the playwright and director Virginia Grise’s project on Instagram to welcome spring equinox 2021. For the...
