BXBF Authors Answer — Pablo Cartaya
The authors and panelists of the Bronx Book Festival responded to personal questions about their lives, the writing process, and current literary inspirations. To see their panels and hear more about their books, RSVP for the Bronx Book Festival below.
PABLO CARTAYA
AUTHOR OF EACH TINY SPARK
Why did you become an author?
To know that someone like me can exist in a story.
What are you reading right now?
Stand Up, Yumi Chung! by Jessica Kim
Have you ever been to the Bronx? If so, what's a favorite memory you have? If not, what do you know or think about the Bronx?
Yes! Visiting my Aunt Sandy in her apt in Riverdale and getting all excited in the summer when her pool opened and we got to go swim. The pool was right below the over pass to expressway and I could hear the trucks and cars above. It felt like we were in this oasis surrounded by scaffoldings and metal and roads while we swam and kept secrets from the world above us.
What is a quote you live by?
Your voice matters.