How do you communicate love—much less grief—when you don't speak the same language? First-generation writer Mele Girma offers a makeshift grammar.
Mele Girma
Mele Girma is a writer in Nashville, Tennessee. She is pursuing her Master of Science in Information Sciences at the University of Tennessee with a focus in public librarianship. Her poetry is in The Amistad and forthcoming in Indiana Review. You can find her tweeting about the absurd @melgirm and attempting flaky pastry @melegirma on Instagram.