Heidegger’s Glasses
Heralded by he New York Times and The San Francisco Chronicle for her story collections SLEEPING IN VELVET and A BRIEF HISTORY OF CAMOUFLAGE, Frank returns with her first novel titled HEIDEGGER’S GLASSES. Set in the final days of World War II, the novel explores an underground compound of scribes hidden deep in the German forest in who must answer letters written to those killed in the camps. Phoenix acquired world rights from Diana Finch Literary Agency. Pub date for book and audio May 2010.

She is looking for well-written short fiction and prose poems. Submissions being accepted now through November. Submit.

Thaisa’s reading of Henna has been nominated in the Fiction category for Able Muse's Best of the Net. View it here.

UC San Diego, October 6th. More details to come.

Thaisa is giving a reading at a symposium honoring the Russian prose poet Daniil Kharms.
Thursday, October 22nd @ 7PM
Space Gallery, 1142 Polk Street, San Francisco, CA

Signet Classics for Viking/Penguin's new edition of Candide and other stories by Voltaire includes a new afterword by Thaisa Frank entitled Possible Worlds. Release date: January 9, 2009

Piercings, a short story in Dirty Words: A Literary Dictionary of Sex, Bloomsbury Press, edited by Ellen Sussman

The Invisible Father of Japanese Anime, an aritcle about Toba Soja in VOLT, edited by Gillian Conoley

What She Wanted, a short story in Women Writing Men (editors Chris Mazza and Kat Mead)

Assembling Short Fiction Collections, a private workshop this fall 2009

Interview about writing at JennGibbs.com

Finding Your Voice on the Page - a writing workshop with author Thaisa Frank

Thaisa is available for other workshops, and also helps leaderless writers’ groups troubleshoot to find new directions, more challenging methods of critique, and publishing goals.

If you're interested in consultations, or participating in daylong workshops, contact. thaisa@thaisafrank.com.

Thaisa's work encompasses a broad spectrum, ranging from poetry to flash fiction, to longer short stories to the novel. She works with writers of all genres, including writers whose work blurs genres. She has helped numerous writers find their voice, publish, and assemble books.

Authors Thaisa has helped:

Gene Yang – American Born Chinese (Graphic Novel Nominated for National Book Award)

Joan Frank – Boys Keep Being Born: A collection of Short Fiction

Pamela Berkman – Her Infinite Variety: An Fictional Exploration of Women in Shakespeare

Gary Gach – The Complete Idiot's Guide to Understanding Buddhism

Sue Bender – Stretching Lessons: The Daring that Starts from with in