elena minor

Author's Bio

I teach short story writing to high school students in Los Angeles. I'm also the founding editor of PALABRA. My book of poetry, TITULADA, will be published this fall by Noemi Press.

Publications and Prizes

Anthologies:

Transport (Writers at Work, 2007)

Journals:

26, Banyan Review, Big Ugly Review, Border Senses, Buffalo Carp, City Works, Diner, Edifice Wrecked, Facets, Ginosko Literary Journal, Hot Metal Bridge, Magnapoets, Mandorla, OCHO, Passager, Pilgrimage Magazine, Poetry Midwest, Prism Review, Puerto del Sol, Quercus Review, RHINO, Segue, Verdad, Vox

Prizes:

Chicano/Latino Literary Prize

Personal Favorites

What I'm Reading Now:

A Better Angel by Chris Adrian, The Polish Boxer by Eduardo Halfon, The Violent Bear It Away by Flannery O'Connor

Favorite Books:

Dune, To Kill a Mockingbird, 100 Years of Solitude, Catch-22, Moby Dick, Don Quixote

Favorite Authors:

Clarice Lispector, César Aira, Juan Felipe Herrera, Emmy Pérez, Maria Melendez

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Listing last updated: February 7, 2013

More Information

Listed as:

Fiction Writer, Poet

Gives readings?

Yes

Travels for readings?

Yes

Identifies as:

Latino/Latina

Prefers to work with:

Any

Fluent in:

Spanish

Born in:

San Jose, CA

Raised in:

San Jose, CA