Tara Mandarano is a Best of the Net–nominated writer and editor based in Canada. Her work is featured in the anthology BIG: Stories About Life in Plus-Sized Bodies. She has also been published in&nbsp;The Washington Post,&nbsp;The Huffington Post,&nbsp;The Sunlight Press,&nbsp;Boston Literary Magazine, and&nbsp;Literary Mama. Follow her on Instagram and Twitter @taramandarano or visit her website at&nbsp;<a href="http://www.taramandarano.com/">www.taramandarano.com</a>.

Tara Mandarano

What I Learned When My Body Started Talking to Me

"There is nothing more poetic and terrible than the skyscrapers' battle with the heavens that cover them." — Federico García Lorca

Nonfiction

Tara Mandarano is a Best of the Net–nominated writer and editor based in Canada. Her work is featured in the anthology BIG: Stories About Life in Plus-Sized Bodies. She has also been published in&nbsp;The Washington Post,&nbsp;The Huffington Post,&nbsp;The Sunlight Press,&nbsp;Boston Literary Magazine, and&nbsp;Literary Mama. Follow her on Instagram and Twitter @taramandarano or visit her website at&nbsp;<a href="http://www.taramandarano.com/">www.taramandarano.com</a>.