We women shouldn't get our driver's licenses till real late in life.

As Indigenous peoples, we know there is more to the world. We know spirits exist. We know as women, because we're especially attuned to this kind of knowledge, that spirits exist and have a presence in our lives. Some of us are gifted and can communicate with the spirit world. Not everyone has that gift and can perceive the borders between the living and the dead and our society actively discourages us of exploring the knowledge of what many of us have already always known in our cultures.

Write about what makes you different.

Like all guests, after a fortnight, grief is best beyond the door.

It's what's available to the poor communities. They do buy healthy stuff, you know, but the lettuce is usually iceberg lettuce and to get any taste, they have to use all that ranch dressing.

I learn through listening and watching other performers that are very good, like Denise Chávez, Dorothy Allison.

Every single house has had death visit.