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Eulogy for Greenville

My beautiful hometown lost to wildfire

The Guardian Aug. 7, 2021

Dixieland fire aftermath burned buildings

Remembering Greenville, A 'Quirky' California Town Devastated By The Dixie Fire

Aug. 6 2021

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with reporter Margaret Elysia Garcia about the eulogy she wrote for her town of Greenville, Calif., which was mostly devastated by the Dixie Fire this week.

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Q&A: “Burn Scars” poetry collection gives a visceral description of loss in Greenville after the Dixie Fire one year ago

Plumas County author Margaret Elysia Garcia began writing her poetry collection “Burn Scars” while waiting at traffic stops driving from her mother's house into Greenville. After the Dixie Fire devastated the community one year ago today, what had been a 20-minute drive to get supplies in town became 45 minutes. Her mother’s house was spared from the fire, but Garcia’s office was not.

North State Public Radio | By Adia White

Voice & Video: 2 Poems on Greenville

Sept. 2021

This video features two poems from the poetry chapbook Burn Scars written by Margaret Elysia Garcia after the Dixie Fire demolished her adopted town of Greenville, CA in Plumas County.

1 min. 50 sec. (YouTube.com)

Poem: History Lesson

Mutha Magazine

Oct. 12, 2021

Poem: Blue Sky Freedom

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