2:15-4:30-Myriam introduces and reads (4:30-9:27) a short chapter about her 5th grade experience from her memoir Mean

9:27 on is a cool back-and-forth between Myriam and Matt in discussing the chapter and its impact on both of them

Myriam Gurba is a Mexican American writer, story-teller, and visual artist. 

In 2019, O, The Oprah Magazine called Gurba's work Mean (2017) one of the "Best LGBTQ Books of All Time.” The New York Times described Gurba as having a "distinct and infectious" voice.

Gurba is the author of three books: Mean (Coffee House Press, 2017) and Dahlia Season: Stories and a Novella (Manic D Press/Future Tense, 2007), and Painting Their Portraits in Winter: Stories. Her second book, Painting Their Portraits in Winter: Stories, explores Mexican stories and traditions from a feminist lens.

Gurba previously toured with Sister Spit, a "lesbian-feminist spoken-word and performance art collective."

Gurba has also exhibited at the Museum of Latin American Art and The Center Long Beach.

Gurba has won The Edmund White Award for Debut Fiction from Publishing Triangle, and was a finalist for a Lambda Literary Award.