Pablo Piñero Stillmann has been the recipient of fellowships from the Foundation for Mexican Literature and Indiana University, as well as the Normal Prize in Nonfiction. His work has appeared or is forthcoming in Juked, Passages North, Bodega, and other journals. He’d like to thank M.D. for her invaluable help editing “Shared” and so many other pieces.
Before weekend visits with our father, my mother would give me or my sister something of his, something that he didn’t need or want, and then she’d leave for the day.