Thelma T. Reyna
My blogs
| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Industry | Arts |
| Occupation | Author/Editor/Publisher/ Business Owner/Poet Laureate 2014-2016. |
| Location | Pasadena, California, United States |
| Introduction | --Author of 6 books, from 2009-2020: a short story collection; 2 poetry chapbooks from Finishing Line Press; and and 3 full-length poetry collections. All the full-length books have won national awards. (See www.AuthorThelmaReyna.com for more info.) --Poet Laureate, Altadena,CA; edited anthology, ALTADENA POETRY REVIEW: ANTHOLOGY 2015; also edited 2016 edition of anthology as continuing Poet Laureate. --(2014): Full poetry collection titled RISING, FALLING, ALL OF US (Golden Foothills Press). --First book, THE HEAVENS WEEP FOR US AND OTHER STORIES (Outskirts Press, 2009), won 4 national awards. --Poetry chapbooks, BREATH & BONE (2011), and HEARTS IN COMMON (2013): Semi-Finalists in a National Poetry Chapbook Competition. --Short fiction, poems, essays, book reviews, and other nonfiction have published in literary journals, textbooks, anthologies, regional print media, and blogs for over 30 years. --Books available at amazon.com, www.OutskirtsPress.com, www.FinishingLinePress.com, www.GoldenFoothillsPress.com --Ph.D. from UCLA. |
| Interests | Literature, especially American Literature; writing; editing the work of others; mentoring young professionals; publishing high-quality fiction, nonfiction, and poetry by diverse American authors through my own indie press, Golden Foothills Press. |