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Member Since: Jan. 25, 2013

Karen Pierce Gonzalez

Biography

Karen Pierce Gonzalez’s fiction, non-fiction, and poetry have appeared in Lagom Journal, Novelty, Postcard Poems and Prose, Potato Soup Journal, San Francisco Magazine, Timeworn Literary Journal, Tiny Thimble Magazine, Twist in Time, Voice of Eve, Vega, Visual Verse, and other publications. She has also won several literary awards.
A former journalist (San Francisco Chronicle, Marin Independent Journal, etc.) and former Big Blend Magazine and Radio folklore columnist, she has authored several folklore related ebooks, including How to Write Your Family Folktales and Turn Treasured Memories into Folklore, both FolkHeart Press publications. Her writing credits also include serving as a creative and folklore writing workshop facilitator in the San Francisco Bay Area.
At home in Northern California, she is also a mixed-media assemblage artist. She works with tree bark, chalk/oil pastels, fibers, found materials and, when lucky, salmon leather.

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Why stories about food?

Foodlore - one of the more popular categories of folklore - is a 'tasty' way for each culture (each society) to pass on information about their customs,and beliefs. For example, in some cultures certain foods are either appreciated or prohibited during specific times, such as holy days and celebrations (i.e., oranges during the Chinese New Year, and only unleavened bread during Passover).
The rich nature of these food traditions have been passed down for generations not only as recipes but as folk wisdom. These original food stories reflect some of that folk wisdom.

What is your relationship to food lore?

I am a fiction writer (and folklorist/anthropologist) who learned when facilitating writing workshops that writers wanted to write about what they knew and they wanted to do so in ways that reflected what people, places, things, and events meant to them personally. Sometimes that was very pragmatic and sometimes the telling took on qualities of magic realism, like those included in this book

Where to find Karen Pierce Gonzalez online

Website: https://folkheartpressauthor.blogspot.com
Twitter: @FolkHeartPress
Facebook: Facebook profile
Blog: https://folkheartpressblog.blogspot.com

Where to buy in print

https://folkheartpressauthor.blogspot.com/2009/08/bookstore.html

Books

This member has not published any books.