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Javier Zamora and Susan Kiyo Ito on Writing the Story You Have to Write

Javier Zamora and Susan Kiyo Ito on Writing the Story You Have to Write

From the Write-minded Podcast, Hosted by Brooke Warner and Grant Faulkner

By Memoir Nation | August 12, 2024

Javier Zamora on Strategies for Writing About Childhood Trauma

Javier Zamora on Strategies for Writing About Childhood Trauma

From the Write-minded Podcast, Hosted by Brooke Warner and Grant Faulkner

By Memoir Nation | March 4, 2024

Javier Zamora on Never Forgetting the Journey

Javier Zamora on Never Forgetting the Journey

On Sun Valley Writers’ Conference’s Beyond the Page

By Sun Valley Writers' Conference | February 26, 2024

26 new paperbacks on shelves this June!

26 new paperbacks on shelves this June!

By Gabrielle Bellot | May 31, 2023

Twenty Strangers on a Boat in the Dark: Javier Zamora on His Childhood Migration

Twenty Strangers on a Boat in the Dark: Javier Zamora on His Childhood Migration

From His New Memoir Solito

By Javier Zamora | October 5, 2022

Javier Zamora: You Can't Simply Make Art From Your Trauma to Heal Yourself

Javier Zamora: You Can't Simply Make Art From Your Trauma to Heal Yourself

This Week on The Literary Life with Mitchell Kaplan

By The Literary Life | September 9, 2022

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Javier Zamora Talks About His Unaccompanied Migration From El Salvador to California at the Age of Nine

By Keen On | September 6, 2022

What Did You Read This Year
That You Loved?

By Literary Hub | December 18, 2020

The Joys and Worries of 20 Writers During COVID-19

By Christopher Soto | April 30, 2020

Silence at the Border: Telling the Hard Stories of Undocumented Immigration

Silence at the Border: Telling the Hard Stories of Undocumented Immigration

Javier Zamora on Marcelo Hernandez Castillo's Children of the Land

By Javier Zamora | January 24, 2020

Some of Our Favorite Writers on the Best Books They Read in 2019

Some of Our Favorite Writers on the Best Books They Read in 2019

Lydia Davis, Barry Lopez, Tommy Orange, Valeria Luiselli and Other
Freeman's Contributors Share Highlights From Their Year in Reading

By Freeman's | December 20, 2019

'Columbine,' A Poem by Javier Zamora

'Columbine,' A Poem by Javier Zamora

"Though there had been war; I did not know the way to school yet."

By Javier Zamora | October 3, 2019

More than forty cities are hosting protest readings for migrant justice tomorrow night.

More than forty cities are hosting protest readings for migrant justice tomorrow night.

By Corinne Segal | September 3, 2019

Reading Neruda and Learning to Heal My Diasporic Wounds

Reading Neruda and Learning to Heal My Diasporic Wounds

Javier Zamora on How Poetry Helped Him Break the Silence

By Javier Zamora | April 12, 2019

Citizenship By Javier Zamora

Citizenship By Javier Zamora

Part Three of the American Academy of Poets Weeklong Poetry & the Body Series

By Javier Zamora | March 20, 2018

Opioids and Refugees: Why Not Poetry?

Opioids and Refugees: Why Not Poetry?

William Brewer and Javier Zamora on Writing For Damaged Communities

By Literary Hub | September 21, 2017

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