Tag Archives: literature

The Year of Changing Dangerously

Posted on December 31, 2015 by Margaret Elysia Garcia

I’ve been trying to write this post for a month. That’s how my December has been. It’s now New Year’s Eve and I’m still gathering my thoughts. So here it starts: 2015? Pretty good fucking year. As soon as I … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged adjunct faculty, adjunct status, art, christmas letter, creative arts, literature, mothering, new years letter, NYE, parenting, poetry, short stories, suicide, theatre, writing | 2 Comments

Why I Wrote SadGirl; Why I Love Theatre

Posted on September 25, 2015 by Margaret Elysia Garcia

Tonight my second play in two years, The Adventures of SadGirl: Superheroine goes up at the West End Theatre in Quincy, CA. I thank the theatre from the bottom and top of my heart for allowing me to put on … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged american society, chicana, culture, daughter, daughters, feminism, literature, Mother, patriarchy, plays, sadgirl, stage, students, writing | 3 Comments

The Adventures of SadGirl: Superheroine Premieres This Friday Night!

Posted on September 23, 2015 by Margaret Elysia Garcia

In a few short days, my second play in a year will go up at the West End Theatre in Quincy, CA. I wrote it based off of the zine my daughter Paloma and I did together in 2014-2013 –the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged art, CA, domestic violence, intersectionality, latina play, literature, Milkshake & Honey, Mountain Passages, patriarchy, play, Plumas Crisis Intervention Resource Center, quincy, rape, rape culture, sexual assault, social conditioning, west end theatre | Leave a comment

I WANT TO BUY A REAL BOOK

Posted on August 6, 2015 by Margaret Elysia Garcia

As most people reading this blog know, I live in a rural community which means wanting to support local mom and pop booksellers is a bit of a hard luck story. In a county of under 20,000 we have two … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged barnes & nobles, chicana literature, chico, honey blonde chica, latina literature, library, literature, plumas county, real books, rural america, small press | 1 Comment

I Hate This Book, Ms. Garcia

Posted on April 16, 2015 by Margaret Elysia Garcia

I hear this …quite a good deal. Unfortunately way too much. I assign a book for my community college students to read and they say, “I hate this book, Ms. Garcia.” Sometimes they say things like, “I don’t like this; … Continue reading →

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SADGIRLS & OTHER STORIES IS OUT NOW ON SOLSTICE LITERARY PRESS

Posted on January 31, 2015 by Margaret Elysia Garcia

Yay! It’s finally here! Today is the day that Sad Girls and Other Stories is available for sale and reading everywhere. Sad Girls is an ebook short story collection filled with tales of Mexican American girls in Whittier finding themselves and … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 1990s, amazon, ariel gore, brujas, chicana, chicanas, college, dystopia, Jenny Forrester, latina, latinas, literature, Los Angeles, Mexican Americans, mexicans, montebello, Pam Ward, pico rivera, sad girls, sadgirls, short stories, short story collections, suburbs, the smiths, third generation, whittier | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: literature

The Year of Changing Dangerously

Why I Wrote SadGirl; Why I Love Theatre

I WANT TO BUY A REAL BOOK

I Hate This Book, Ms. Garcia

SADGIRLS & OTHER STORIES IS OUT NOW ON SOLSTICE LITERARY PRESS

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