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laurie perez: biographical tapas
I believe life is a mysterious web of connections we may never fully understand, but the quest is worth it. I believe pressure is a given factor in daily life, but stress is an option. I suggest that the only essential question is: how can I find value in this moment, right here, right now?
Scroll down the page to find out more about my background and some of the bite-sized details that have been part of my ongoing personal evolution.
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no sabe el rio que se llama rio
-pablo neruda
"We have to be mindful of what we're doing and how we're shaping matter, consciousness and each other. And we have to move forward in a state of wild, raw mystery - allowing the truth of who/what we are to predominate - trusting the truth to manifest in our own best interest as we allow it to become something others may be swept into or nourished by." From a blog entry dated 10.17.07
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At the risk of sounding corny: life is my classroom; I'm an indefinite candidate for the Ph.D. in Enlightenment, whatever that turns out to be. In the meantime, I have signed on for more tangible degrees, including a B.A. in English from Arizona State University and the M.S. I earned from PCOM. I studied flash fiction with Jamie Callan when she was at UCLA and have explored craft and knowledge through many workshops, seminars and conferences in my self-willed curriculum.
Since 1990, I have lived and worked in Malaysia, Japan, Mexico and the Caribbean and traveled extensively in Southeast Asia. I'm smitten with Manhattan, Kyoto and Paris, too - all for different reasons that bring me alive and nourish my soul. My favorite dwelling of all the places I've been is where I currently reside: Arizona. I've arrived, moved on, returned, departed and returned again, never leaving this earthy foundation and expanding horizon.
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I've earned (and sometimes endured) the following titles in my eclectic, yet cohesive career: Journalist, Editor, Tech Writer, Volunteer, Sensei, Tech Editor, Creative Writing Fellow, Reiki Master, Teaching Assistant, Prof, Mentor, and L.Ac
Ask me for details and I'll happily elaborate.
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Short stories, essays and works of flash fiction published by:
Word Riot, 2003 and 2007
The Mississippi Review, 1997
Urban Desires, 1997
The Alien, 1995
Her World: Malaysia, 1991
The Antigonish Review, 1989
My novel is available through Cafepress:
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