Lucy Taylor
The idea for "A Respite for the Dead" came from seeing the many descansos here by the roads in New Mexico. Descansos mark the place where someone has died (the word comes from descansar--to rest--in Spanish). I found the descansos both haunting and heartbreaking and knew I wanted to write something about them.
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