So happy that my story, “The Land of Long Days,” is in Ploughshares! Lilian is fourteen and confined in a juvenile immigrant shelter. When she’s asked why she immigrated alone, she tells her story—there is an evil witch called The Cuca; her father, a pink dolphin god named Boto; a friend turned foe with backwards feet named Caipora. Is Lilian’s escape from a mythical land real, or imagined? What does the trauma of losing a homeland do to the truth of who we are? Using Brazilian myth and modern day truths of life in a juvenile immigrant shelter, I try to tell the story of one girl’s journey. Thank you @psharesjournal for letting me share this story. Digital and print copies available at link in bio 💜💜💜 https://www.pshares.org/issues/fall-2022?utm_source=IGShopping&utm_medium=Social
