Melissa HerreraMore thanThe morning is damp, as rain drizzles slowly against my window. Today I struggle for words, and my tongue and brain are twisted into knots…Aug 25, 2021Aug 25, 2021
Melissa HerreraOur TownYou can’t erase someone’s memories. Even when someone decries your right to remember. I dislike using the word ‘right’ but silly objections…Aug 15, 2021Aug 15, 2021
Melissa HerreraThat Facebook PostI made a post on FB several days ago that was a long time coming. I post differently on different platforms. This one needed to be on…Aug 15, 2021Aug 15, 2021
Melissa HerreraI met an undocumented man and fell in love.If you read my book TOÑO LIVES you know that my husband was captured and jailed after an attempted train robbery. This was after many…Apr 29, 2021Apr 29, 2021
Melissa HerreraIt’s been one hell of a year.I want to end it by starting this space. Something new. Something uncensored.Dec 30, 2020Dec 30, 2020
Melissa HerreraIndifference defined in 140 characters or lessSome days I want to slink back into bed and hole up there with a stack of books, sinking down deep into the cushiony splendor that are my…Jan 10, 2020Jan 10, 2020
Melissa HerreraGhost of children in super center aislesI opened my car door, and with a practiced economy of movement, slid out with my purse neatly over my shoulder. The heat of the day hit me…Jan 10, 2020Jan 10, 2020
Melissa HerreraA Tiny Coiled AnimalI sit at my tiny desk, a girl of six in a first-grade classroom. My feet are clad in tennis shoes, dangling from the blonde wood chair…Jan 10, 2020Jan 10, 2020