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Goldberry Long

Goldberry Long is the author of the novel, Juniper Tree Burning. Her second novel, O’Keeffe’s Girl, is under contract at Simon and Schuster. She teaches at University of California, Riverside.

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Goldberry Long

May 28, 2014

Litany for My Mother’s Body

My mother’s body horrified me. Nine years old, I watched her dress. Her belly was rippled and sagged and scarred—a used-up bag of nothing.

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Litany for My Mother’s Body