Holly Prado | The Sun Magazine

Holly Prado

Holly Prado is from Los Angeles. Primarily a poet and autobiographical fiction writer, she finds that “journals keep coming up in my life.”

— From August 1978
Essays, Memoirs, & True Stories

Journal Writing

Where It Can Go From Where It Is

The blood pumps hard and I see that I am really writing, not playing at writing. I use whatever gifts I have. I give respect to the words as I lift and shake and kiss them. I admit that what is secret and hidden is the best advice for the next generation.

August 1978
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