Florinda Flores is a writer and educator from Laredo, Texas, now living in San Antonio. She has a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre and Dance from the University of Texas at Austin and a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from Goddard College. After teaching for eight years as both a bilingual elementary school teacher and a college English instructor, she serves as Gemini Ink’s Writers in Communities program director. Florinda writes plays and fiction while occasionally dabbling in poetry. Her favorite pastimes include running, reading, and hanging out with her husband, two boys, and three dogs.
doi: 10.18737/0607823456 AMA Citation: Flores F. Stone Tongue. J Hum Rehabil. 2019; Spring. doi:10.18737/0607823456 Download the article (pdf) Table of Contents The doctor observes.My son’s green-marbled eyes peerup at her. His kitten lips squirm,open, and leaden consonantsstripped of vowels fall out,more stone than speech. I read aloud to him:“What does the cowsay to her baby?” […]