I'm never afraid of research. I relish it!

- Achy Obejas

Each genre has its own process. I'm very intuitive about poetry. I usually write first and second drafts out by hand. The other end of the spectrum i…

- Achy Obejas

Offspring were a joy or a shame, but still the crown of their elders, nature's unpredictable creatures.

- Achy Obejas

This is going to sound nuts but it took me forever to figure out why I'd stopped writing poetry - I mean, I went about a decade where I wrote very li…

- Achy Obejas

Both childbirth and abortion are medical procedures but neither is an illness, and sometimes they're both treated as such.

- Achy Obejas

Journalism is very much public writing, writing with an audience in mind, writing for publication, and frequently writing quickly. And I know that wh…

- Achy Obejas

Our real world has evolved. It's become something much different, and inadvertently about healthcare, and about what it means to have good health, an…

- Achy Obejas

I tell people to have a relationship with their work every day, even if it means you just move a comma.

- Achy Obejas

In journalism, if there's a hole in your story you figure out a way around it because you've got a 4 p.m. deadline. It's a neat skill to have but it'…

- Achy Obejas