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Désirée Zamorano

Désirée Zamorano

Désirée Zamorano is the author of the critically acclaimed novel The Amado Women, Cinco Puntos Press, 2014. A frequent contributor to the Los Angeles Review of Books, her stories and essays have appeared in Huizache, PANK, Origins, Catapult, and elsewhere. She is the director of Occidental College’s Community Literacy Center. www.desireezamorano.com

May/June 2018

The Upholsterer

By Désirée Zamorano

Enrique looked at his cousin and at the sofa that had just landed in his workshop. The couch was a sodden mess covered in food stuffs, and Enrique really didn’t […]