Julaina Kleist
Titles of written work:
"Leaving Jersey", First place winner for fiction short story, the Sue Tasker Award, April 4, 2009
"The Principal's Principles", First place winner for Non-Fiction Prose short story, Sue Tasker Award, April 4, 2009 Pleasanton Poetry, Prose, and Arts Festival
"Fried Chicken Talks", First place winner of ByLine Magazine's May 5, 2007 short story contest,
Published in "More Bridges -- The 2007 San Francisco Writers Conference Anthology"
Short stories, "Spring For All But One" and "Waiting for My Brother", published in "Second Spring", an anthology by West Oakland Writers
"Eva In The Haight" A fiction novel set in 1956 and 1968
"Hada" A fiction novel about a devious first-born son
"The Picture of Norman" a metaphysical mystery/romance novel
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Education & Background:
Resume (PDF file download)
Masters in Education from St. Mary's College, Moraga, California
Experienced educator for primary schools through college
Supervisor for intern special education and general education teachers
Workshop Instructor and Group Facilitator
Writer of short stories, poems, and novels
Samples of written work:
"It's just temporary, Lani," she had said. "Next semester you'll be able to go back to school."
Everything is temporary with Mamma.The unpacked boxes, no money, no car, this small studio apartment, sleeping on a loveseat...anything negative is temporary in her world but to me, it's a downward spiral, and I know she's taking me with her.From "Fried Chicken Talks"
"In Dad's closet, I can smell the Juicy Fruit Gum in his suitcoat pocket, and in Mother's walk-in closet I spin to the fragrance of Evening in Paris Cologne........ Mother liked to sew in the room with the stained glass window because it reminded her to praise God instead of swearing at the machine when it broke."
From "Spring For All But One"
"I signed for the package while the deliveryman joked about the size and shape.He balanced it on one end, and it was taller than me.I had to read the sender's name three times before I realized it was from my brother."
From "Waiting For My Brother"
6/2009
