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Weeping Woman: La Llorona and Other Stories
short stories by author of "The Ultraviolet Sky"
168 pages, Paperback
First published May 1, 1994
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About the author
Alma Luz Villanueva
15 books18 followersAlma Luz Villanueva (born 4 October 1944 Lompoc, California) is a Mexican-American poet, short story writer, and novelist.
Her Mexican grandfather edited a newspaper in Hermosillo, Mexico, and was a published poet. Her maternal grandmother, a Yaqui Indian curandera/healer (as was her mother) from Sonora, raised her in the Mission District of San Francisco.
She taught at University of California Santa Cruz, Cabrillo College, Naropa Institute, Mesa College, University of California San Diego, Stanford University, Pacific University. She teaches at Antioch University Los Angeles in the MFA in Creative Writing Program, for the past fourteen years as of 2012. She lives in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.
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Her Mexican grandfather edited a newspaper in Hermosillo, Mexico, and was a published poet. Her maternal grandmother, a Yaqui Indian curandera/healer (as was her mother) from Sonora, raised her in the Mission District of San Francisco.
She taught at University of California Santa Cruz, Cabrillo College, Naropa Institute, Mesa College, University of California San Diego, Stanford University, Pacific University. She teaches at Antioch University Los Angeles in the MFA in Creative Writing Program, for the past fourteen years as of 2012. She lives in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.
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October 29, 2019
Haunting but never unbearable to read. Villanueva reveals her characters without any pretense, their pain and flaws open to the reader.
August 24, 2015
Playful and powerful at the same time.
June 7, 2012
Picked it up for some La llorona research but it ended up being something different.
As with most short story collections, there were a few mediocre ones, a few exceptional ones, and mostly average ones.
Nevertheless, it was a good book to pick up between reading other books, the stories were short so reading one or two was a nice break when reading something heavier.
As with most short story collections, there were a few mediocre ones, a few exceptional ones, and mostly average ones.
Nevertheless, it was a good book to pick up between reading other books, the stories were short so reading one or two was a nice break when reading something heavier.
Displaying 1 - 3 of 3 reviews