“I just wanted to be happy and have a family of my own”

Emma Lynch(16) interviews her mom, Ella(57) about her childhood and current life. This interview was recorded on Thanksgiving, November 26, 2020 in Ella’s bedroom in Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey. They talk about religion, moving from the city to the...

Exhuming the Past and Person of Martina White (Part III)

In this interview I attempt to unearth the life of my aunt who died at age sixteen through my mother's memories and stories, further adding to the mythology which surrounds her life but also bringing it to terms with reality...

A Gift of Life
November 23, 2019 App Interview

In 1985 my mother Marianne received the news her older brother Dennis had been diagnosed with leukemia. She tells the story of how the news was broken to her, the search for a bone-marrow donor, her donation and his remission.

Tales From My Cuban Mother

Span277: Borderless Poetics & Expression for a New Time — Conversation with my Cuban mother about her life before and after immigrating to the U.S., the struggles she faced once she got here and how she overcame them.