Memoir, Just Because

January 12, 2015 at 4:29 pm (Books, Memoirs, Publishers, Recommended, short story collections, Writing)
Tags: memoir, memories, Mondays, short pieces, The Lost Language

At that time, I had a very old car that was ready to give up the ghost. I wanted to win something, something big. I was tired of living off garlic fried rice and scrambled eggs, which was the only food I could afford for a long time, when I was new to America.

— the title piece of self’s collection, published in the Philippines by Anvil: The Lost Language