I heard the voices of teachers, family members, old friends I'd lost touch with, and also a kind of
archetypal authorial voice — perhaps a projection of my own inner voice interjecting and interpreting.
Elena Spagnolie received her Master's degree in creative writing and Magical Realist studies from New York University, focusing specifically on the relationship between culture and
authorial voice, and the Jungian interpretation of
archetypal symbols found in Magical Realist works.