story now, craft later
Everyone has a story to tell, yet not all stories are told.
Creating more narratives that represent the multiple identities and realities in the world starts with you. The Untold Narratives provides services and supports to help you or people close to you tell their stories and share them with the public. It doesn't matter whether you think you are a good writer or storyteller. We believe in you, so come learn and share with us!
The Untold Narratives provides services and supports to help you release the stories within and share them with others.
“For her fellowship project, Berenice crafted haunting flash fiction and short pieces that expertly weave the horrific with the beautifully poignant, finding unexpected tenderness in the darkest of places.”
-Dr. Liz Santiago,
Founder of The Untold Narratives
Storytelling Fellow: Berenice Duarte
One day I woke up with a balloon for a head.​
It was always flying away, looking for new adventures. Curious to know the world beyond my mother’s home. While my head wandered around the house looking for a way out, my body laid stoic and frozen in place. This angered my mother. As to test my ability to function without a head, she would ask me for the time or If I knew where my faith had disappeared too. My mouthless face mirrored my mother’s own disappointments. ​
Enraged, she dragged my head into the kitchen, took the sharpest knife, her favorite to kill the chickens and threw it at my head. ​
The next day my mother painted the kitchen walls red.
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Hear her read from the Fellows Showcase: Berenice Duarte
An Excerpt from Berenice Duarte, Sage Storytelling Fellow
