Plaza Requiem: Stories at the Edge of Ordinary Lives [Paperback]

Martha Bátiz has crafted stories that are most often about women who are trapped in violent relationships, facing dangerous political situations, or learning to live with the pain of betrayal. These stories shimmer with the,surge of vindication that women attain after a powerful exploration of their darkest moments. As an emerging writer, Bátiz is reminiscent of Joyce Carol Oates, Shirley Jackson, and the Cuban author Leonardo Padura: their qualities of precision, haunting vision, and the will to survive against all odds.

Martha Batizwas born and raised in Mexico City, but has been living in Toronto since 2003. Her articles, chronicles, reviews and short stories have appeared in diverse newspapers and magazines not only in her homeland, but also in Spain, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Peru, Ireland, England, the United States and Canada. Her first book was a short-story collection calledA todos los voy a matar(I’m Going To Kill Them All, Castillo Press, 2000). Her award-winning novellaThe Wolf’s Mouth(Exile Editions, 2009) was originally published in Spanish both in the Dominican Republic and in Mexico (Boca de lobo, in 2007 and 2008, respectively), and was launched as an e-book by INK Press in the summer of 2015.