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Karen Gonzalez

Karen Gonzalez

About

Karen has been interested in folktales and folklore for more than three decades and has facilitated writing classes and workshops for more than twenty years .

Her poetry chapbooks include True North (Origami Poems Project), Coyote in the Basket of My Ribs (Kelsay Books) and forthcoming Down River with Li Po (Black Cat Poetry Press).

An award-winning fiction, poetry, and nonfiction writer, she has earned awards from Farmhouse Magazine, National League of American Pen Women, California Writers Association, and has been nominated for both the Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net.

Her work has appeared in The San Francisco Chronicle, North Bay Biz Journal, Australian Trade Community Journal, Verde, Potato Soup Journal, Sonoma Mandala, Big Blend Magazine, and Twisted in Time, Visual Verse, Zahir Tales as well as other magazines and newspapers.

She earned her Bachelor of Arts degrees in Creative Writing and Anthropological Linguistics/Folklore from Sonoma State University in California, and her folklore research credits include “Sonoma County Scarecrows: Scarecrows as Folk Art,” which was presented to the California Folklore Society.

She is also an assemblage artist who was National Arts Program Featured Artist in 2022. Her work has appeared on the cover of several literary magazines and been displayed in several art galleries.

She lives in Northern California.

 

 
 

A King Under Siege: Book One of The Plantagenet Legacy

A King Under Siege: Book One of The Plantagenet Legacy

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<p>Richard II found himself under siege not once, but twice in his minority. Crowned king at age ten, he was only fourteen when the Peasants' Revolt terrorized London. But he proved himself every bit the Plantagenet successor, facing Wat Tyler and the rebels when all seemed lost. Alas, his triumph was short-lived, and for the next ten years he struggled to assert himself against his uncles and increasingly hostile nobles. Just like in the days of his great-grandfather Edward II, vengeful magnates strove to separate him from his friends and advisors, and even threatened to depose him if he refused to do their bidding. The Lords Appellant, as they came to be known, purged the royal household with the help of the Merciless Parliament. They murdered his closest allies, leaving the King alone and defenseless. He would never forget his humiliation at the hands of his subjects. Richard's inability to protect his adherents would haunt him for the rest of his life, and he vowed that next time, retribution would be his.</p>

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This book looks at the bond between seaweed and sea otters. It is a celebration of that long-established relationship and includes facts and folklore.

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<div class="separator" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif;font-size:15.4px;background-color:rgb(242,242,242);clear:both;"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:georgia;"><i>I am in love with the gentle rocking waves of song and delightful images that fill the pages of this sweet book.  </i></span><i style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:georgia;">A mother’s lullaby sung from ancient seaweed embraces the understanding that we are all interconnected. The chain of survival continues to link all life. </i></div> <div class="separator" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif;font-size:15.4px;background-color:rgb(242,242,242);clear:both;"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:georgia;text-align:right;"><i>Karen's </i><i>warm voice and soothing rhythm enhances the Seaweed Song’s magical hold for people of all ages in the most primal way. </i></span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:georgia;text-align:right;">   </span></div> <div style="font-family:Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif;font-size:15.4px;background-color:rgb(242,242,242);color:rgb(34,34,34);"> <div style="text-align:right;"><span style="background-color:rgb(243,243,243);font-family:georgia;">Tina Deason, <em>La Bona Dea, Journal of Everyday Magic</em></span></div> </div>