Creative nonfiction

Oct 15, 202215 min read

Vincent and I - a Timeline of a Lifetime of Light on Light and Lightness

From an early age, Vincent Van Goghian's exuberant yellows and explosive blues inspired me to write as he painted so very tenderly.

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Nov 15, 20217 min read

The Fourth Gender: Imagery, Identification, and Imagination In the Virtual Experience

Today, cyberspace is a place where women, nonbinary folks and BIPOC can defy, undermine, and dispute traditional concepts of gender roles.

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Apr 27, 20217 min read

Postcards from Uruguay, and a few connecting flights. With love, Profé

Postcards from Uruguay is an adaptation from the Blog prompt for my Santa Monica College students of English 57, Latin American Literature.

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Oct 27, 202016 min read

Author Bill Clegg—Storytelling Sprinkled in Fairy Dust

A holistic look into author Bill Clegg’s literary works as interconnected ecosystems evincing his solid signature and sophisticated style.

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Feb 14, 202013 min read

A Blue Sky Watched Over Us From Sunrise to Sunset [and en las noches in-between]

After my first abortion at eighteen, I fretted as to whether I'd be able to bear a child. So, I consulted a palm reader. She said, "Seven."

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Jan 26, 202017 min read

Sky-Diving Into Seas of Ink: Full Immersion in the Reading Experience

Vertical Reading it's a full immersion into a book's pages, where I swim beside the people in a world of liquid ink within an author's pages

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Oct 18, 20199 min read

The Making of "Realization": Merging Time, Place & Being Towards Resilience

Today, I find inspiration in the shape of a scar. I imagine that polka dots of blood can be read like musical notes spilling sounds.

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Cecilia Martinez-Gil