One Day on the Gold Line - Sameth, Carla Rachel
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Award-winning author Carla Rachel Sameth--a Jewish queer single mother of a multiracial (Black and Jewish) son--builds a memoir that is courageous, heartwarming, and riveting. Her dream of being a good mother and creating a "perfect" family is buffeted through circumstances and choices she can't always control. Miscarriages, racism, economic hardships, her son's struggle with drugs, social injustice all test her resolve. Sameth has us cheering in her corner as we swing from crisis to crisis with her, sometimes finding dark humor in situations, but always finding unflagging, unconditional love and devotion in her life story.…mehr

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Award-winning author Carla Rachel Sameth--a Jewish queer single mother of a multiracial (Black and Jewish) son--builds a memoir that is courageous, heartwarming, and riveting. Her dream of being a good mother and creating a "perfect" family is buffeted through circumstances and choices she can't always control. Miscarriages, racism, economic hardships, her son's struggle with drugs, social injustice all test her resolve. Sameth has us cheering in her corner as we swing from crisis to crisis with her, sometimes finding dark humor in situations, but always finding unflagging, unconditional love and devotion in her life story.
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Writer. Teacher. Mother. As a writer, Carla hopes to help readers feel less alone and more resilient. As a teacher, she strives to help others tell their stories and hone their craft while experimenting with new forms. The journey of motherhood informs much of her writing. Her chapbook What Is Left was published in 2021 by dancing girl press.Carla's work on blended/unblended, queer, biracial, and single parent families has appeared in a variety of literary journals and anthologies, including Narratively, Longreads, Brevity Blog, Mutha Magazine, Brain, Child, Entropy, The Rumpus, and The Nervous Breakdown. Carla's essay "Mother's Day Triptych" was selected as a Notable for The Best American Essays 2020. A Pasadena Rose Poet, a Pride Poet with West Hollywood, and a former PEN in the Community Teaching Artist, Carla teaches creative writing to high school and university students and has taught incarcerated youth. She lives in Pasadena with her beloved partner, Milo. To learn more, see carlasameth.com.