 |
|
|
|
Title: The Heavens Weep for Us and Other Stories
Author: Thelma T. Reyna
Publisher: Outskirts Press
ISBN: 1432730711
Pages: 190, Paperback
Genre: Fiction
Her Websites:
 |
Synopsis
If you enjoy Jhumpa Lahiri's short stories, or Sandra Cisneros' ability to portray ordinary Hispanic characters with engaging authenticity and universality, you'll enjoy Thelma Reyna's twelve stories in this thoughtful, moving, sensitive book. From the sheer poetry of the title story, to the complex depiction of a comatose woman and her guilt-ridden unfaithful husband, Reyna exposes the private griefs and losses we all experience in life and imbues her motley cast of characters with deep humanity, courage, and perseverance . Reyna's style is alternately quiet and intense, yet always insightful, poetic, and literary. Have a box of Kleenex and a dictionary by your side. She'll leave you thinking and discovering multiple layers of meanings in her stories long after you've read them. A Hispanic-American author, Reyna's stories speak to all of us, across ethnicities, age, gender, and social status.
|
 |
About the Author
Thelma T. Reyna has been writing for over 35 years. Her short stories, poems, and nonfiction have been published in literary journals, anthologies, textbooks, and regional media. Her new book, The Heavens Weep for Us and Other Stories, is a collection of 12 stories set mostly in California, Texas, and Chicago. Her stories deal with the losses, large and small, that we all experience and how we bravely reinvent ourselves to give meaning to life in the face of such hardship.
In addition to her stories, Dr. Reyna also writes two blogs about literature and is a guest blogger on a third. She is also on the WeRead website. Some of her poetry will be published in the upcoming anthology, Vwa: Poems of Haiti, edited by Lisa Marie Basile. In addition, Dr. Reyna owns a writing consultant business called The Writing Pros.
Dr. Reyna currently teaches at California State University, Los Angeles. She is currently working on her second volume of short stories, and resides with her family in Pasadena, California.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
 |
|
