Somebody Loves You by Mona Arshi Manuel Rivas it is an anthology which

it is an anthology which takes delight in the shared complexity of human experience

an anthem of desire against erasure

This collection pays homage to all that the five senses might evoke

from mantras and incantations

Somebody Loves You by Mona Arshi Manuel Rivas it is an anthology whichA teacher asked me a question, and I opened my mouth as a sort of formality but closed it softly, knowing with perfect certainty that nothing would ever come out again. Ruby gives up talking at a young age. Her mother isnt always there to notice; she comes and goes and goes and comes, until, one day, she doesnt. Silence becomes Rubys refuge, sheltering her from the weather of her mothers mental illness and a pressurized suburban atmosphere. Plangent,