Daniel A. Olivas
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Daniel A. Olivas earned his B.A. in English literature from Stanford University and a law degree from the University of California at Los Angeles. His fiction and poetry have appeared in numerous other anthologies and in such literary journals as Exquisite Corpse, THEMA, The MacGuffin, and The mehr anzeigen Pacific Review. Olivas practices law in Los Angeles with the California Department of Justice and lives with his wife and son in the San Fernando Valley weniger anzeigen
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Werke von Daniel A. Olivas
Latinos in Lotusland: An Anthology of Contemporary Southern California Literature (2008) 10 Exemplare
The Coiled Serpent: Poets Arising from the Cultural Quakes and Shifts of Los Angeles (2016) 5 Exemplare
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Sudden Fiction Latino: Short-Short Stories from the United States and Latin America (2010) — Mitwirkender — 69 Exemplare
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How to Date a Flying Mexican by Daniel A Olivas is a fascinating collection of short stories that spans his writing career. There are no weak stories here, even the ones I liked less were still very good.
The nature of a collection, whether stories or essays, even by a single author, is a certain amount of unevenness. That might not be the ideal word, it really is about which entries speak to a reader. In selecting the stories for this collection Olivas definitely chose well. Enough variety to appeal to most readers with at least some of the stories but also consistent throughout in bringing readers into the lives of his characters.
His characters, and the situations they find themselves in, are entertaining while also offering ways of gaining perspective on how others experience life. I am talking less about a non-Latinx reader, though that certainly holds true. I am talking more about the basic human variations on how we engage and make sense of our world. Regardless of nationality or ethnicity, readers will find characters here that will remind them of people they have known.
I would recommend this to any lover of the short story, there are stories that weave a spell from beginning to end, then there are ones that deliver a startling surprise with the last line.
Reviewed from a copy made available by the publisher via NetGalley.… (mehr)
The nature of a collection, whether stories or essays, even by a single author, is a certain amount of unevenness. That might not be the ideal word, it really is about which entries speak to a reader. In selecting the stories for this collection Olivas definitely chose well. Enough variety to appeal to most readers with at least some of the stories but also consistent throughout in bringing readers into the lives of his characters.
His characters, and the situations they find themselves in, are entertaining while also offering ways of gaining perspective on how others experience life. I am talking less about a non-Latinx reader, though that certainly holds true. I am talking more about the basic human variations on how we engage and make sense of our world. Regardless of nationality or ethnicity, readers will find characters here that will remind them of people they have known.
I would recommend this to any lover of the short story, there are stories that weave a spell from beginning to end, then there are ones that deliver a startling surprise with the last line.
Reviewed from a copy made available by the publisher via NetGalley.… (mehr)
This story is a great book to use with English Language Learners who can't read or comprehend English. The story is a great way to introduce the topic of bullying and how to deal with name calling. When using this book with ELL students it is wonderful that it is both in English and Spanish so that one might be able to follow along with the student to help them understand what is happening in English.
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