{"version":"https://jsonfeed.org/version/1","title":"Tanya Michele Amador","home_page_url":"https://tanyamicheleamador.com","description":"Tanya Michele Amador","author":{"name":"Tanya Michele Amador"},"items":[{"id":"https://tanyamicheleamador.com/essays/f/the-mentor","html_content":"<p>Christina sits with him on the balcony in the warm weather at the Herald’s building in downtown Miami while he smokes a cigarette. It looks unnatural in his hand. Josh doesn’t have the look of someone who smokes. The way...</p>","url":"https://tanyamicheleamador.com/essays/f/the-mentor","title":"The Mentor","summary":"Christina sits with him on the balcony in the warm weather at the Herald’s building in downtown Miami while he smokes a cigarette. It looks unnatural in his hand. Josh doesn’t have the look of someone who smokes. The way...","date_modified":"2026-06-03T16:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://tanyamicheleamador.com/essays/f/on-being-a-latina-who-isnt-fluent-in-spanish","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/4483280e-6876-46c7-a47b-eff3ee27f761/0.jpg\"/><p>“Hola! ¿Como estas?” starts the conversation.</p>","url":"https://tanyamicheleamador.com/essays/f/on-being-a-latina-who-isnt-fluent-in-spanish","title":"On being a Latina who isn't fluent in Spanish...","summary":"“Hola! ¿Como estas?” starts the conversation.","date_modified":"2026-05-10T16:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://tanyamicheleamador.com/essays/f/imagine-if-puerto-rico%E2%80%99s-law-53","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/4483280e-6876-46c7-a47b-eff3ee27f761/PR%20flag.jpg\"/><p>Let’s play with a bit of historically based fiction from my debut novel, The Tree Frog</p>","url":"https://tanyamicheleamador.com/essays/f/imagine-if-puerto-rico%E2%80%99s-law-53","title":"Imagine If: Puerto Rico’s Law 53","summary":"Let’s play with a bit of historically based fiction from my debut novel, The Tree Frog","date_modified":"2026-04-28T16:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://tanyamicheleamador.com/essays/f/i-wrote-a-novel-about-puerto-rico-heres-why-it-couldnt-wait","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/4483280e-6876-46c7-a47b-eff3ee27f761/Content-Creator-Project.png\"/><p>A novel two years in the making, rooted in family history and the soul of Puerto Rico.</p>","url":"https://tanyamicheleamador.com/essays/f/i-wrote-a-novel-about-puerto-rico-heres-why-it-couldnt-wait","title":"I Wrote a Novel About Puerto Rico! Here's Why it Couldn't Wait","summary":"A novel two years in the making, rooted in family history and the soul of Puerto Rico.","date_modified":"2026-04-12T16:00:00Z"}]}