i had no idea what my own goals were, or what my motivations were. It was an impulsivity that's born of being that age. I didn't have the sort of executive function or grown up thinking to be able to say ok, will let me? That's an ok feeling to have. i thought it was going to be this sort of perfect escape. Even though i was scared of leaving home. Boarding school was a place of a lot of drugs and a very different environment from the sort of nurd paradise that i had hoped for.
Simultaneously parenting her daughter while caring for a mom who was vanishing into dementia, Maya Shanbhag Lang, found herself reexamining nearly every part of her life, and reimagining how she wanted to tell her own story to her daughter. May's writing has been featured in The Washington Post, In Style, The Millions, and The Rumpus, among others. Her book, The Sixteenth of June was long-listed for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize, was an Audie Award Finalist for Best Audio Book. Her work has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize. A passionate teacher, she loves working with aspiring writers. Her new memoir is What We Carry. (https://amzn.to/3fqyo2Q)
You can find Maya Shanbhag Lang at:
Website : http://www.mayalang.com/
Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/mayaslang/
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