Kathleen Heil writes fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, in English and Spanish. She has published in Hermano Cerdo, PANK, The Barcelona Review, and elimae, among others. When not spending time as a ‘Funny Woman,’ she can be heard speaking Spanish with a funny accent. Her website is http://kathleenheil.wordpress.com.
It seems only appropriate that I put off writing this essay for several months despite the fact that sitting down to write it sooner really wouldn’t have been that hard,…