La Canada Flintridge – On Sunday, October 2, from 3 – 5 P.M., Flintridge Bookstore and Coffeehouse hosts a reading for writerand Pasadenaresident Thelma T. Reyna. The noted author shares selections from herrecent book of poetry Breath& Bone and The Heavens Weep for Us and Other Stories. Thisevent is held to coincide with Latino Heritage Month, a celebration of thecontribution made to American life by the Hispanic community.
Breath & Bone , Reyna’s first poetry chapbook, was a Semi-Finalist in the2010 National Poetry Chapbook Competition by Finishing Line Press. The Heavens Weep for Us and OtherStories received four national honors: National 2010 “BestBooks” Award (USA Book News), Finalist, Short Story Fiction; 2011 EricHoffer Award, Honorable Mention, General Fiction; The Montaigne Medal 2011,Finalist; and 2011 National Indie Excellence Book Award, Finalist,Multicultural Fiction.
Dr. Reyna’s stories, poems, essays, book reviews, andother nonfiction have been published in literary and academic journals,textbooks, anthologies, blogs, and in regional media for over 30 years. She writes the blogs “American Latina/o Writers Today” (http://www.LatinoWritersToday.blogspot.com ) and “The Literary Self” (http://www.TheLiterarySelf.blogspot.com ). She is also a monthly guest blogger on “Powerful Latinas” (http://www.PowerfulLatinas.com ).
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She is also an editor, ghost writer, and writing consultantwith her business, The Writing Pros, based in Pasadena, CA(http://www.TheWritingPros.com ). Inaddition, she serves as a City Commissioner in Pasadenaand is an adjunct professor at CaliforniaState University,Los Angeles.