Marlowe Granados

My mother always told me that to be a girl one must be especially clever

gave her the best advice probably anyone’s ever given her: “Why don’t you just laugh it off, have a giggle?”

She introduced Gala and me to the critic: “Isn’t it rare to find two people who like art without the intention of ever making it?

My mother always told me that to be a girl one must be especially clever

was not my fault my father left before I could learn and my mother was too busy being young, divorced, and raising me.

As much as this summer is about branching out into a semblance of adulthood

Kyoto, a place I have only dreamed of going, and whenever I wear the thing, it is funny to think it has travelled farther than I have and seen much, much more.

“Men are such fans of innocence.”

“You’re going to have to try harder or you’ll ruin that little ruse you have going.”

“How can I seem mysterious? I haven’t stopped talking.”