d.g. ladelfa
"Crying in full public display of others isn't a sign of weakness, it is the loud, ugly admission of one's private truths in public, an ownership of one's emotional vulnerability in spaces made uncomfortable by authenticity. If stoicism is silence, then the crybaby is a warrior, as cowardice knows nothing of confession."
D.G. LaDelfa
About
Born and raised in New York, D.G. LaDelfa graduated with High Latin Honors in Sociology and American Studies from the State University of New York at Geneseo in 2010 and graduated from Columbia College with a post-baccalaureate in Education in 2011. D.G. taught Information Sciences at San Jose State University for several years, prior to the start of the SARS2COV19 pandemic; which prompted D.G. LaDelfa to enter the frontlines of the healthcare workforce in 2021, working full-time in Diagnostic Medicine and Intensive Patient Care at a rural Level-II Trauma, Acute Care Facility for the following 5 years.
D.G. LaDelfa retired from bedside in 2025 following a devastating injury, and currently works part-time as a certified Death Doula and Adjunct Instructor of Clinical Pathology in Central Georgia, and spends her free time painting and illustrating media and writes independently for several publications across various platforms. She resides with her 8-yr old rescue feline, Sally and 1-yr old American Black Labrador, Zebulon, and can be found working in outdoors in her vegetable garden, working in her indoor tropical plant nursery, or reflecting on all of the urgencies of life and faith, of comfort in death, and it's implications on the weight of the soul in between. A practicing Orthodox Catholic, the works of ©️ INGENUE KITSCH calls for the widespread return of society to the Catholic faith as a coping mechanism for modern tragedy.
| INGENUE KITSCH |
INGENUE KITSCH refers to the artistry of D.G. LaDelfa and the collection of self-published literature and reflective essays that transform the boundaries of authentic creativity with the transparency of the self. Self-described as a "curator of the confessional," INGENUE KITSCH utilizes sensitive and confessional topics with unhinged expression with free-form prose. INGENUE KITSCH unabashedly demonstrates the transitions of one's subjective life that occur with time, and so does one's objective understanding of its community. Survival of the empath in a society made ill by tragedy is the key to curing a community; INGENUE KITSCH uncovers the commonalities of resiliency, sarcasm, and humor in death with the originality and rawness of the pain and suffering endured throughout life.
