“He only moved to his own impulses, leaving his wife a cold, lonely and withered woman. This bothered Clarita for years -- how her father treated her mother with a lack of emotion, of connection. Santos never beat her mother, but he would give her a devastating look that caused her to wilt like a water-starved flower. Clarita recalled how as a little girl, she hid away in her room, beneath blankets surrounded by dirt-caked dolls, distressed that Santos would come in and destroy her with such a look.” FictionNarrativeLos AngelesShort Story CollectionLatine Book:The Republic of East L.A. Source: The Republic of East L.A.
“Something inside Rudy clambered to rise out of him, something alive and astonishing -- he hardly ever felt this way.” Los AngelesLiterary FictionShort Story CollectionLatine Book:The Republic of East L.A. Source: The Republic of East L.A.