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Songs for Mahalia
Paperback
Publisher: Elysa
Published: Jan 1 2026
Pages: 192
Weight: 0.50
Height: 0.44 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
What pieces of ourselves do we keep hidden from the light?
Poignant, raw, honest, Songs for Mahalia is a collection of prose exploring the uncertain journey of coming of age, the inextricable ties between daughterhood and motherhood, and the lasting effect of heartbreak, despite love's fleeting nature. Through the lens of young adulthood and Filipino heritage, Songs for Mahalia takes the reader on the long road towards self-identity, meeting powerfully vocal characters along the way and finding themselves transported into summer-struck scenes.
Songs for Mahalia is the first collection in the Where the Seasons Take Me series. Beginning with the Summer collection, Lauren Domagas evokes imagery of oppressive heat and hometown longing.
Lauren Domagas blends cinematic and literary techniques to explore human emotionality and the Filipino-American experience. She graduated with honors from the American University of Paris with a B.A. in creative writing. In 2023, she was awarded the San Francisco Writers Conference contest winner for the Adult Fiction category for her story Young Men. You can read more of her work on her Instagram @LaurenDomagas.
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