Press Release
Chicago, IL, July 21, 2026 — A new edition of Elephants In The Room, a collection of short fiction and essays examining life, love, and the tragedy and comedy of the human condition, has now been published by Speaking Volumes LLC. Elephants In The Room is written by award-winning author Charlene Wexler.
Whether she is tackling fiction or essays, Charlene Wexler writes from the heart. With a keen eye for detail and a way of looking at the world a bit sideways, Wexler’s writings in Elephants In The Room will entertain while they make you think.
See https://tinyurl.com/EITRstoriesessays to arrive at the Amazon.com site for the print edition of Charlene Wexler’s Elephants In The Room. For the Kindle edition, go to https://tinyurl.com/EITRKindle.
“My readers tell me that my short fiction and essays are particularly fun to read,” Wexler said.
In Elephants In The Room, Wexler’s fiction and essays are grouped in five categories.
Coming of Age features essays and fiction about growing up and reaching some of life’s milestones—whether you are ready or not.
In Family and Friends, you’ll meet some of the fun characters in Wexler’s life and in her fiction, and inevitably you’ll think about similar loved ones in your own world. The story “Elephants In The Room,” from which the title of this book is derived, appears in this section.
What would life be without our animal pals? Wexler shares some stories about four-footed friends and loved ones in Animal Magnetism.
About the author:
Charlene Wexler is a graduate of the University of Illinois. She has worked as a teacher and dental office bookkeeper and as “a wife, mom, and grandmother,” she said. In recent years, Wexler’s lifelong passion for writing has led her to create numerous essays as well as fiction.
