"I am a woman, and I am a Latina. Those are the things that make my writing distinctive. Those are the things that give my writing power.

I felt a failure because I couldn't sustain myself from what I earned from my writing. My day jobs were what mattered, and it was hard to even get those because universities wouldn't hire me as a real writer.
I felt a failure because I couldn't sustain myself from what I earned from my writing. My day jobs w...
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