Andréa Ferrell Gannon is a writer, a former poetry editor at The Coachella Review, and an MFA candidate at UC Riverside’s Palm Desert campus. She works as a World Languages teacher and raises two boys to men.
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Books: Under My Bed and Other Essays by Jody Keisner
After I gave birth to my daughter, as a single mother, I struggled with how to share my home with someone else. I was...
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Books: The Pink Hotel by Liska Jacobs
If there’s one thing I can say about Los Angeles, it’s that the city is a mess, and quite frankly, I don’t think I’ve...
Health and Wellness
SNEAKY SNACKS
One of my childhood friends used to carry around snacks with him, constantly. Bags of Funyuns stashed in his front sweatshirt pocket. Bags of...
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Child Custody in the Time of Pandemia
I am still raw from the March 13th sting when we, terrified by a novel virus, canceled classes at the high school where I teach -- where my youngest attends -- and floored it home without a backward glance, locked ourselves up tightly, and refused to open for friend and stranger both. I forced smiles for all the kids in my care, "What an adventure!" it said. We got this. I got this.
Latest Posts
Books
Books: Under My Bed and Other Essays by Jody Keisner
After I gave birth to my daughter, as a single mother, I struggled with how to share my home with someone else. I was...
Books
Books: The Pink Hotel by Liska Jacobs
If there’s one thing I can say about Los Angeles, it’s that the city is a mess, and quite frankly, I don’t think I’ve...
Health and Wellness
SNEAKY SNACKS
One of my childhood friends used to carry around snacks with him, constantly. Bags of Funyuns stashed in his front sweatshirt pocket. Bags of...
Books
Books: Thursdays at Orange Blossom House by Sophie Green
Thursdays at Orange Blossom House by Sophie Green is a novel about three women, at different stages in their lives, who are brought together...