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Tanya's first novel, FRONTERA STREET, has been well received. This is because her writing touches the heart as it appeals on many levels to our universal emotional and social need to overcome barriers (fronteras) to find love, friendship and a sense of belonging.
From Publishers Weekly:
Dee Paxton is 28, recently widowed and pregnant when she applies for a job at a fabric shop in the Mexican neighborhood of her West Texas town at the opening of Frontera Street by Tanya Maria Barrientos. Dee's Mexican-American co-worker, Alma, pegs Dee as a stuck-up white woman, but when Dee collapses at the store, Alma finds herself obliged to care for her for a few days. Single-mother Alma gradually warms to Dee, as Dee comes to appreciate and love the Mexican-American culture of their border town. ... Barrientos' genuine affection for her characters and West Texas border life shines through.
(c) Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
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Latina Novelist: Tanya Maria Barrientos |
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Tanya, a journalist for more than 20 years, is a staff writer at the Philadelphia Inquirer. Her fiction was awarded a 2001 fellowship by the Pennsylvania Council of the Arts, and the 2001 Pew Fellowship in the Arts. Born in Guatemala, she grew up in a Texas border town like the characters in her latest book, "Frontera Street". She is currently working on her next novel. |
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Find Frontera Street on Amazon.com |
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Pew Fellowship Page |
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Sample Writing |
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A Tough "Objective" Review |
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Tanya Maria Barrientos |
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tanya_b_me@yahoo.com |
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