Portrait of Fred Wall, commissioned posthumously from a photograph A few months before my little brother’s funeral, I was raped by a stranger on the kitchen floor of my home. I had just cleaned the place because I was expecting a visit from my birth mother: every light switch, counter, doorknob was spic and span. … Continue reading Death in Texas
adoption
Born Blacked Out
I was born blacked out. My birth is described in court documents as “illegitimate,” and most of what I know about it comes from a file I got from a half-sister who was given up for adoption as an infant. Her adoption was closed and remained so even after my mother’s death. My younger brother … Continue reading Born Blacked Out
Uncomfortable Truths 