When you go through a crisis, the lessons you learn may not be obvious right away. It can take years until you grasp how it has changed you....
Memory is tricky. That’s why fact checking is so important when you write memoir....
As a foreigner, the Thanksgiving holiday didn't make sense to me, because its history seemed oddly detached from the celebration. Here is how I learned to love it....
“When he set the gun’s barrel on my forehead, my whole body went numb. I didn’t even feel the beating that came after.” This true story could have been told by anybody at the border right now....
My essay "My Books and I" has been chosen as a Notable Essay by the Best American Essays, 2019 edition....
Our naked bodies carry an essential purity that more often than not has been beaten out of us by prejudice, criticism, and self-hate....
We are our life’s true work. Throughout our journey, we have the opportunity to grow, learn, and become a better person in everything we do and with everyone we know. ...
Parents' negative comments can open wounds that never heal. It happened to me and I struggle to avoid the same mistake when parenting my son....
Transform your feelings of envy from foe to friend and learn the difference between envy and jealousy....
The documentary "The Silence of Others" tells a story that has been buried in Spain for 4 decades: the pain of the victims of the Franco dictatorship. ...
