elena minor

Poet, Fiction Writer

Los Angeles, CA
California US
Email: 
escribista@gmail.com

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, was published in 2014 by Noemi Press.

Education: 
Antioch University MFA
Writers Retreats: 
Napa Valley Writers’ Conference
Ragdale

Publications & Prizes

Fiction

Journals:
26
,
Banyan Review
,
Big Ugly Review
,
BorderSenses
,
Buffalo Carp
,
City Works
,
Diner
,
Edifice Wrecked
,
Facets
,
Passager
,
Poetry Midwest
,
Prism Review
,
Puerto del Sol
,
Quercus Review
,
Segue
,
Vox

Poetry

Anthology:
Transport (Writers at Work, 2007)
Journals:
BorderSenses
,
Ginosko Literary Journal
,
Hot Metal Bridge
,
Switchback
,
Magnapoets
,
MAKE: A Chicago Literary Magazine
,
Mandorla
,
OCHO
,
Pilgrimage Magazine
,
RHINO
,
Verdad
Prizes won: 

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

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
Latino/Latina/Latinx
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Fluent in: 
Spanish
Born in: 
San Jose, CA
California
Raised in: 
San Jose, CA
California
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Last update: May 21, 2019