Mara Lee Grayson’s work has appeared in Columbia Journal, CutBank, Fiction, Nimrod, Pedestal, Poetry Northwest, West Trade Review, and other publications. Her poetry has been nominated for Best of the Net and Pushcart Prizes. An award-winning scholar of rhetorics of racism and antisemitism, Grayson has authored multiple books of nonfiction. She holds an MFA from The City College of New York and a PhD from Columbia University. Originally from Brooklyn, New York, Grayson resides in Southern California and works as an associate professor at California State University, Dominguez Hills.
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I PROBABLY SHOULDN'T have touched the oil paint. I know I wasn't supposed to. Please understand that my transgression was not an attempt at defiance or destruction. I never wanted to harm the painting, but at thirteen years old, my understanding of some things was not as clear as it is now. I wanted to touch Frida's hands, but because her hands weren't in the painting, I touched Diego's nose instead.