Maria Espinosa (born ''Paula Cronbach''; 1939) is an American

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, and

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Personal life

Espinosa was born January 6, 1939, in Boston, Massachusetts, to sculptor Robert Cronbach and a poet mother, Maxine Cronbach. She grew up on Long Island with two younger brothers, Michael Cronbach, an
Lee Cronbach
a musician. She attended Harvard and Columbia Universities and received an M.A. in creative writing from San Francisco State University. While living in Paris, she met and married Mario Espinosa Wellmann, a writer and photographer. Their marriage was tumultuous and lasted only a few years. In 1978 she married Walter Selig, a research chemist who fled from Nazi Germany as a child. Most of her adult life she has lived in Northern California. She currently lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She has one daughter from her first marriage, Carmen Espinosa, a dancer and social worker.

Career

At Harvard Espinosa studied with postmodern American novelist John Hawkes. While at Columbia she sent corresponded with Anais Nin, who strongly encouraged her writing. In the 1970s she studied with Leonard Bishop at private workshops held in people's homes in Berkeley, California. She has taught at

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City College of San Francisco City College of San Francisco (CCSF or City College) is a public community college in San Francisco, California. Founded as a junior college in 1935, the college plays an important local role, annually enrolling as many as one in nine San Franci ...

, as a guest writer at the

University of Adelaide The University of Adelaide (informally Adelaide University) is a public research university located in Adelaide, South Australia. Established in 1874, it is the third-oldest university in Australia. The university's main campus is located on N ...

, Australia, and has mentored women with the Afghan Women's Writing Project. She has led many informal writing workshops. Her poetry, articles translations, and short fiction have appeared in numerous anthologies.

Awards

* 1996

American Book Award The American Book Award is an American literary award that annually recognizes a set of books and people for "outstanding literary achievement". According to the 2010 awards press release, it is "a writers' award given by other writers" and "the ...

for ''Longing.'' * 2010

PEN Oakland awards The PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Literary Award is for U.S. multicultural writers, to "promote works of excellence by writers of all cultural and racial backgrounds and to educate both the public and the media as to the nature of multicultural work. ...

Josephine Miles Award for Literary Excellence.

Works

Poetry

* ''Love Feelings'', Four Winds, 1967 * ''Night Music'', The Tides, 1969

Novels

* (reprint Arte Publico Press, 1995, ) * * * * ''Suburban Souls''. Tailwinds Press. 2020. .

Translation

* *

Anthologies

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References

External links

"Author's website""Maria Espinosa", ''Red Room''"Ample Substance: Maria Espinosa on Pamela Uschuk’s ''Crazy Love''", ''Gently Read Literature''"Interview with Nino Valaoritis," ''The Rumpus,'' 2018/08Mi Amor," ''Persimmontree'' Spring 2018Magnolia Review,'' archives, volume 5, issue 2Free Poetry Anthology'', 2018''The New Mexico Jewish Link'', "Protesting the Detention of Asylum Seekers," by Maria EspinosaAnswer'', "Interview with Maria Espinosa, 5/11/20"
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