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"No Hope of a License" by Gerson Sermeno--Spanish Version

PDF of Spanish version of "No Hope of a License," a story by Herstory Writers Workshop author Gerson Sermeno

Tags: Central America, Discrimination, Driver's License Laws, Gerson Sermeno, Herstory Writings, Hispanic, Immigrant Rights, Inequality, Latino/Latina, Latino/Latina Literature, License, Long Island Wins, Police, Police Practices, Police Practices/Traffic Stop, Race/Racism, Racial Profiling, Spanish/Hispanic culture

"Wanda" by Barbara Levin

PDF of version of "Wanda," a story by Herstory Writers Workshop author Barbara Levin

Tags: Barbara Levin, Cancer, Drug Addiction, Education, Health Care Inequality, Herstory Writings, Inequality, Poverty, Prostitution, Race/Racism, Sex Work, Welfare

"Art and Activism" by Natalia Chamorro

PDF version of "Art and Activism," a story by Herstory Writers Workshop author Natalia Chamorro

Tags: Abortion, Art and Activism, Feminism, Herstory Writings, Hispanic, Latino/Latina, Latino/Latina Literature, Lima Peru, Music, Natalia Chamorro, Protest, Social activism, Social Practice Art, Women's rights

"Poverty Phoenix": An excerpt from a memoir in three parts by Shanequa Levin

PDF version of an except from "Poverty Phoenix," a memoir by Herstory Writers Workshop author, Shanequa Levin

Tags: Child Neglect, Children of addicts, Children of the Incarcerated, Drug Addition, Family separation, gang violence, Herstory Writings, Identity, Inequality, mother-daughter relationships, Poverty, Race/Racism, Shanequa Levin

"Love Song at the End of the Day: A Journey into Alzheimer’s"--Except from a Memoir by Muriel Weyl

Love Song at the End of the Day by Murel Weyl.pdf

PDF version of an except from ""Love Song at the End of the Day: A Journey into Alzheimer’s," a memoir by Herstory Writers Workshop author Muriel Weyl

Tags: Aging, Alzheimer's Disease, Caregving, Eldercare, Herstory Writings, Marriage, Muriel Weyl

"Longings from Behind and Beyond the Walls" by Rukhsana Ayyub

Longings from behind and beyond the Walls final.pdf

PDF version of "Longings from Behind and Beyond the Walls" by Herstory Writers Workshop author, Rukhsana Ayyub

Tags: Gender Oppression, Herstory Writings, Pakistan, Patriarchy dominance, Rukhsana Ayyub, traditional practices, Women's oppression

"Eating My Heart Out: A Memoir in Progress" by Suzy Dalton Sonenberg

Eating Day-- Opening Chapaters from a Memoir in Progress by Suzy Sonenberg.pdf

PDF version of ""Eating My Heart Out: A Memoir in Progress" by Herstory Writers Workshop author, Suzy Dalton Sonenberg

Tags: body image, Food relationships, Forest Hills. Queens, Herstory Writings, Identity, mother-daughter relationships, Suzy Dalton Sonenberg

"De repente--A Page One Moment" by Vivian Viloria Fisher

PDF version of "De repente--A Page One Moment"" by Herstory Writers Workshop author, Vivian Viloria Fisher

Tags: Death of a Parent, Grief and loss, Herstory Writings, Hispanic culture, Language, Latino Culture, Latino/Latina Literature, Religion, Vivian Viloria Fisher

"The Baby" by Sidney Castiblanco

PDF version of "The Baby" by Herstory Writers Workshop author, Sidney Castiblanco

Tags: Emergency Medical Technician, Emergency responders/guilt, first responders, Grief, Grief and loss, Guilt, Herstory Writings, infant mortality, Latino/Latina Literature, Ridge Fire Department, Sidney Castiblanco

"Call Me Daughter" by Silvia Heredia

PDF version of "Call Me Daughter" by Herstory Writers Workshop author, Silvia Heredia

Tags: chronic disease, cultural identity, cultural loss, family, Health, Herstory Writings, Hispanic, Hispanic culture, Identity, Latinas Write/Escriben, Latino/Latina, Latino/Latina Literature, lupus, Mexico, Silvia Heredia

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