Alyssa Pando

Full time student at Ventura College, and currently pursuing an AA in English.

3 stories by Alyssa Pando

A Field of Sunflowers

Sunflowers are the most grotesque of all fruit. They stare into me as if I were looking down the gullet of a squawking bird with an open beak; enraged,...
Alyssa Pando in Awards, Poetry · 16 sec read >

Reconciling Morality with Slavery in Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl

When recalling and recapturing the evils of the transatlantic slave trade, much attention is paid to the physical suffering...

Alyssa Pando in Authors as Activists, Essay
Mar 17 · 2 min read >

Occupations of Women in Historical Literature

“Women’s literature,” though a controversial epithet, nevertheless tends to deal chiefly with the status of women when compared to...

Alyssa Pando in Authors as Activists, Awards, Essay
Dec 29 · 5 min read >