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How We Rolled
I wanted to write a memoir but the connective tissue of the memoir didn't interest me. I wanted to render memories that would pop up like mushrooms...
Jervey Tervalon
Jervey Tervalon was born in New Orleans and raised in Los Angeles, and got his MFA in Creative Writing from UC Irvine. He is the author of six books including Understanding This, for which he won the Quality Paper Book Club’s New Voices Award. Currently he is the Executive Director of “Literature for Life,” an educational advocacy organization, and Creative Director of The Pasadena LitFest. His latest novel is Monster’s Chef.
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How We Rolled
I wanted to write a memoir but the connective tissue of the memoir didn't interest me. I wanted to render memories that would pop up like mushrooms...
Holy Name of Jesus Christ I Wept Elementary
I wanted to write a memoir but the connective tissue of the memoir didn't interest me. I wanted to render memories that would pop up like mushrooms...
Holy Name of Jesus Christ I Wept Elementary
I wanted to write a memoir but the connective tissue of the memoir didn't interest me. I wanted to render memories that would pop up like mushrooms...
The Good Mister Finn
I wanted to write a memoir but the connective tissue of the memoir didn't interest me. I wanted to render memories that would pop up like mushrooms...
The Good Mister Finn
I wanted to write a memoir but the connective tissue of the memoir didn't interest me. I wanted to render memories that would pop up like mushrooms...
Anti-Self Destruction
I wanted to write a memoir but the connective tissue of the memoir didn't interest me. I wanted to render memories that would pop up like mushrooms...
Anti-Self Destruction
I wanted to write a memoir but the connective tissue of the memoir didn't interest me. I wanted to render memories that would pop up like mushrooms...
An Entertaining Hodgepodge: On “Odd Partners”
A showcase volume of new stories from the Mystery Writers of America.
Hereditary Cultural Burdens: Steph Cha’s “Your House Will Pay”
Jervey Tervalon appreciates the ambition of “Your House Will Pay,” a novel by Steph Cha that reckons with the legacy of 1992.
Katrina’s Bullets: Ronnie Greene on Police Violence
To read Ronnie Greene’s Shots on the Bridge in the time of Black Lives Matter is to confront rage.
The Memory Hole Riot and Rodney King
Rest in Peace, Rodney.
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