Emilly Prado discusses education, trauma and writing out of passion
The Portland State alum examines the origins of her novel Funeral for Flaca
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On the front cover, a light pink coffin is decorated with yellow and orange flowers. Flames lick at the coffin, which is set against a dark background. On the back cover, a table is covered in a pink cloth, adorned with candles, photographs and food and framed by vases of marigolds an ofrenda, the traditional altar for Day of the Dead.
“[The cover] was like a blending of different rights of grief or passing. I like fire for its sense of cleansing,” said Emilly Prado, author of
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