Sharon Hashimoto
Sharon Hashimoto teaches at Highline College. Her poems and stories have appeared recently in North American Review, The Raven Chronicles, and River Styx. Her book of poems, The Crane Wife (Story Line Press, 2003) was co-winner of the Nicholas Roerich Prize. She is currently at work on a novel.
Reading List
Mangoes
My grandmother lifts the corners of her mouth—a smile with no teeth; open palms coaxing me to her side. It’s hot, the thick air sticky on skin. I stay at my mother’s side, fingers busy pleating the hem of her …