Peter Najarian | The Sun Magazine

Peter Najarian

Peter Najarian is a novelist and painter whose books include Daughters of Memory and Wash Me on Home, Mama. He lives in Berkeley, California.

— From November 1999
Essays, Memoirs, & True Stories

The Artist’s Mother

I’ve longed for someone since I can remember, and not a night goes by when I don’t reach for her. It’s been hell having something between my legs, but as my mother would say, we must make the best of what we have and not complain of what we don’t.

November 1999
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