Daring to thrive
Marta believes her readers will be able to have a sensory understanding of voices not often represented in literature. She hopes to expand the reader's capacity for love of "the other," especially during these abhorrent political waves of hate, violence, and division.
Marta's writing is grounded in place, identities, and sexuality. Highlighting the courage and wisdom of those who dare to thrive at the margins.
Lullaby
For Maddie
In Lullaby for Maddie, Marta Miranda-Straub sings in English and Spanish about a young mermaid born into the sun-kissed love of a close-knit family. As we learn her story, we learn who she is, and that love is like water and also like arms that “surround us and hug us and hold us up.” --Jeremy Paden, author and co-translator of Under the Ocelot Sun / Bajo el sol del ocelote
