The Maris Show

My name is Damaris. I like to make things sometimes. I love to sing and dance. I don't read books...I devour them. I live in a hot, hot desert. I am addicted to lip gloss and magazines. I'm a graphic designer...when I want to be. I love writing stories, and making people laugh. Thunderstorms are comforting to me. Fashion makes my heart race. My dearest wish is to have a dog.

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As a child, I read because books–violent and not, blasphemous and not, terrifying and not–were the most loving and trustworthy things in my life. I read widely, and loved plenty of the classics so, yes, I recognized the domestic terrors faced by Louisa May Alcott’s March sisters. But I became the kid chased by werewolves, vampires, and evil clowns in Stephen King’s books. I read books about monsters and monstrous things, often written with monstrous language, because they taught me how to battle the real monsters in my life.

And now I write books for teenagers because I vividly remember what it felt like to be a teen facing everyday and epic dangers. I don’t write to protect them. It’s far too late for that. I write to give them weapons–in the form of words and ideas-that will help them fight their monsters. I write in blood because I remember what it felt like to bleed.

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—  Sherman Alexie (via booksandnerds)


Posted: 3 months ago

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