Like the history of the island itself, the history of Puerto Rican Spanish is complicated, blended together from all the cultures that have influenced it.

     

On the first day of figure skating class, I felt like I jumped into the deep end of a pool without knowing how to swim.

     

And then it hits me: I am witness to my own hunger strike.

     

Along the way, J. D. Salinger taught me how to exasperate a hypocrite.

     

Maybe that’s the essence of grief — being frozen in a photograph while the rest of your life moves on without permission.