You see how think and feel about anything this kind of storytelling helps keep readers invested in the story. One thing that is great about Zumas, is that you really feel as though you are getting to know all of her characters intimately. The book features outsiders that have the odds stacked against, yet are able to find some redemption in places that are quite unlikely.įans felt that this book does a great job of blending a lyrical and poetic voice with unique storytelling. A small town girl runs away with a rock band this girl is from a town so small it does not appear on any map. A witch gets disillusioned by the spiritual shortcomings that she has. In another, a lonely lady, working a pillow factory as a day job, but at night, tends a group of sick animals. She asks him to touch him in a certain place, while she has no clothes on. One story is about a teenage boy finding his blind mother who meets his new best friend and makes a pass at him. “Farewell Navigator” is a book of short stories that Leni Zumas had published in the year 2008. Her obsessions are drums, all atypical things in their many forms, maps, and ships. and lives with Luca Diperro and the couple’s son, in the city of Portland, Oregon.

Leni Zumas grew up in the nation’s capital of Washington, D. Her first book, “Farewell Navigator”, was released in 2008, and was a book of short stories. They were never allowed to say the brother’s name after he died, which she incorporated into her book. He never really mentioned the story all that much, but finally, she was able to ask him all about it. A robbery occurred next door, and a stray bullet came and hit her dad’s brother. Her dad’s brother was shot to death, while her dad was right next to him. In part, the book was based on something that happened in her family. Zumas’ first novel “The Listeners” was released in the year 2012. She graduated from both Brown University and the University of Massachusetts Amherst MFA Program. She has gotten different fellowships and grants from places like Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, Barbara Deming Memorial Fund, and New York Foundation for the Arts. Her work appears in different publications like The Elephants, The Collagist, Open City, Salt Hill, GOOD, and New Orleans Review, as well as other places. She has taught at other colleges as well, some include Columbia University, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Hunter College, and Eugene Lang College, as well as many others. At Portland State, she is an associate professor of English. Author Leni Zumas teaches at Portland State University in the MFA Program in the subject of Creative Writing.

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