Introduction

Often, I’ve written in response to other authors. Being a student, I write on the command of my professors, under their guidance and expertise. After I graduate, I find myself wandering within a complexity of my own indiscipline. Thus, the decision to start this project: a reflection of life, based on the unwritten histories of the poor.

There is a recent trend among historians to discover, unearth, or record the histories that are left out of major historical texts. They concentrate on non-western societies, those numerous oral traditions and histories that were lost in the conflict and convergence of colonial dominion, wars, and natural disasters. This is a noble pursuit and no doubt, these works will be works of indefinite importance. Yet, this work is not so much focused on the past, but on the present. I do this with intentionality, for I believe the only way to avoid ignoring histories in the future is to write them down in the present. Thus my work begins.