The author brings together a cast of Texans whose lives revolve around Galveston.
Kimberly Garza explores modern, diverse Texas in her debut work of fiction,. Garza, who has a doctorate from the University of North Texas and teaches at UT-San Antonio, brings together a large cast of ordinary Texans whose lives revolve around Galveston. We talked to her about assimilation, Hurricane Ike and the tragedy in Uvalde, where she grew up. The book will be released Aug. 9.The book has characters with roots in Mexico, the Philippines and Vietnam, among other places.
But Magdalena has been told her whole life that she is of Karankawa descent, and she believes it despite her granddaughter’s reluctance, despite any written record, any specific evidence. Many of the characters grapple with this idea of history — when your history is muddled, by legend or oppression or migration or time, how do you figure out where you belong? The title is meant to be more of a question, or maybe to have an asterisk next to it.
The allure of the unknown is hard to resist. I think many of my characters know that and long to move through the world solo, blazing paths just for themselves far away from anything familiar. Part of me longs for that, too. I joke with my family that I’ve tried since I was 18 to leave this state, but Texas won’t let me. But it’s that sense of belonging — of being part of a place and a group of people who understand you, speak your language, accept you as one of them.
But to write the heart of the storm itself I looked for as many accounts as possible — I relied on local papers like theThe Dallas Morning News
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