Maria Espinosa's Writings
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Feb.08.2009
THE STILLNESS OF LOVE AND EXILE, a novel by Rosa Martha Villarreal, Tertulia Press
THE STILLNESS OF LOVE AND EXILE, Rosa Martha Villarreal's third novel, is a tale of adventure and romance with visionary and philosophical undertones. As with her previous work, Villarreal questions the essential nature of time and identity.
Lilia, a beautiful young Mexican girl, is raped by a drug lord. Unable to face her family afterwards, sheflees with him....
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Feb.08.2009
259 LEAPS, a novel by Alicia Kozameh, Wings Press
In1980 Alicia Komazeh arrived in Los Angeles as a refugee after four years as a political prisoner in Argentina. Kazameh follows the perceptual arc of someone who has been through prolonged trauma. She starts with apparent details that create a pattern leading into the heart of the story. Her leaps through time, place, and consciousness gain in intensity and...
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Feb.08.2009
CHRONICLES OF AIR AND DREAMS, a novel by ROSA MARTHA VILLARREAL, Archer Books
Stories that deal with the fluidity of time, space, and identity intrigue me. Rosa Martha Villarreal's novel, CHRONICLES OF AIR AND DREAMS, published several years ago, is one of these, and the fact that she writes with a poet's sense of language makes the book all the more powerful.
The novel is at once a ghost story and a tale of vengeance. It weaves past...
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About Maria
MARIA ESPINOSA is a novelist, poet, and translator as well as a teacher. Her publications include four novels : Incognito: Journey of a Secret Jew, Dark Plums, Longing, which won an American Book Award from the Before Columbus Foundation, and Dying Unfinished...
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Causes Maria Espinosa Supports
Amnesty International, KPFA, anything to ameliorate homelessness and to make shelters more livable
Maria’s Favorite Books
The Stranger - Camus, A Season in the Life of Emmanuel - Marie Claire Blaise, Under a Glass Bell (stories) - Anais Nin,