Martha Park
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| Bio: | Martha Park is from Memphis, Tennessee. She is an MFA candidate at Hollins University's Jackson Center for Creative Writing |
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Baptism I’ve watched my father baptize dozens of babies. After sprinkling a little water on the baby’s head, Dad carried the baby up and down the aisles of the church, pausing to let the people on each pew lean forward and meet this new member of their family. Dad didn’t baptize me. Two of his old seminary buddies did it. Dad told me if I get married he won’t perform my wedding ceremony either. There are moments, he says, when he gets to sit back and cry. When I was a child, though... Read More |
