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I Forgot to Forget; Chuly, Prieta, Pitufa by Mari Ortiz

May 30, 2017 | Book Excerpts, Issue 3: Forgive, Forget, or Fuck Off, Mari Ortiz

text reads: Often, I imagined myself to be Laura Ingalls, of Little House on the Prairie, adored by her father, Charles. He wouldn’t beat his daughter for looking out at the world, out at no one and nowhere. On those days, I would sit on his beloved brown leather...

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