Bøger af Victoria Buitron

Woodhall Press is proud to once again to showcase incredible writers from all over the state of Connecticut. The 2024 Connecticut Literary Anthology features new writers, old pros, and writers that fit somewhere in between. Returning editor and prize-winning author Victoria Buitron and guest editors Summer Tate and Christine Kandic Torres have constellated together the best poetry, nonfiction, and prose from Connecticut writers. I have laughed and cried reading all the featured work, which is a testament of the fruitful and praiseworthy work that the Nutmeg State continues to churn out. I did not merely examine these pieces or collaborate with the wonderful contributors throughout the editing process. My stomach did leaps after a cartwheel gone wrong; I cupped my heart along the trails of backwoods, and I withstood the cold of rainy mornings. I did not read these pieces--I felt them in a visceral way. May you take flight with each of them, and I hope you enjoy the journey as much as I did. --Victoria Buitron, Series and Nonfiction Editor Connecticut is home. It is where we return after finding stories in other people's neighborhoods and countryside. It is where we build our nests. --Summer Tate, Poetry Editor The stories in this year's anthology demonstrate commitment to community in all its complexity: from a working-class school auditorium in Waterbury, to the power-hungry Foxtail Condo Homeowners Association; from the crack-haunted streets of Fair Haven, to the highly manicured lawns of Darien, to London, to the Vineyard, and beyond. So many tackle the question of home--that is, wanting to escape home; to control it; to protect, to renovate; even to seek unlikely refuge in an abandoned one. These short stories captured different, though perhaps uniquely Connecticut perspectives from across the state. --Christine Kandic Torres, Fiction Editor

Praise for the 2021 Connecticut Literary Anthology "The Connecticut Literary Festival Anthology offers a lush bouquet of fiction, non-fiction, and poetry that readers are sure to relish. Within its pages, I found new works by writers I have long admired: Chris Belden, Lary Bloom, Ken Cormier, Margaret Gibson, Raouf Mama, and Bessy Reyna. Just as enjoyable is the work of writers who are, for me, new discoveries. The literary arts are alive and well here in the Constitution State. This collection is ample proof." --Wally Lamb Celebrate the many voices of the Connecticut literary scene with previously unpublished work from established to emerging writers. Guest editor and Nutmeg State resident Victoria Buitron has constellated dozens of voices from Connecticut to bring you the 2023 Connecticut Literary Anthology. With new and original works by: Sonya Huber Gabi Coatsworth Anthony D'Aries Rachel Basch Gina Barreca Michael Todd Cohen Lionel M. Crawford Van Hartman Chris Belden David Ryan Michael Belanger Katherine Schneider Laurel Peterson Vivian Shipley --alongside other ground-breaking writers, you'll find emerging authors whose creative non-fiction is appearing on the page for the first time--you will find within these pages a celebration of Connecticut Writers.

"Victoria Buitron comes of age between Ecuador and the United States as she explores her ancestry, learns two languages, and searches for a place she can call home. It portrays not only the immigrant experience, but the often-overlooked repatriate experience while interweaving facets of depression, family history, and self-love."--