I grew up on the edge of the Mojave Desert in a very rural part of southern California until I was six years old, when we moved into town. Every time… - Kathleen Alcalá

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I grew up on the edge of the Mojave Desert in a very rural part of southern California until I was six years old, when we moved into town. Every time I start writing a new piece, I write a description of that landscape; it’s as if I have to ground myself in those very early memories and relationship to the land before I move on to the next thing.