Painting Their Portraits in Winter - by Myriam Gurba (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Painting Portraits in Winter is a story collection that redefines, sharpens, deepens, and revivifies the Chicana archetype.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>In this artfully crafted collection of new short stories by award-winning author Myriam Gurba, nothing is as it seems on the surface. A Mexican grandmother tells creepy yet fascinating ghost stories to her granddaughters as a way to make them sit still (How Some Abuelitas Keep Their Chicana Granddaughters Still So That They Can Paint Their Portraits in Winter). A Polish grandfather spends the night in a Mexican graveyard after a Día de Muertos celebration to discover if ghosts really do consume the food that has been left for them (Even This Title Is a Ghost).</p><p>Unforgettable characters inhabit these cross-border tales filled with introspection and longing, as modern sensibilities weave and wind through traditional folktales creating a new kind of magical realism that offers insights into where we come from and where we may be going.</p><p>A native Californian, <b>Myriam Gurba</b> earned a BA with honors from UC-Berkeley. Her writing has been published by Manic D Press, Future Tense, City Lights, and Seal Press. Her first book, <i>Dahlia Season</i>, won the Publishing Triangle's Edmund White Award for Debut Fiction and was shortlisted for a Lambda Literary Award. She blogs often for the <i>Rumpus</i> and Radar Productions.</p><br>
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