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HOUSTON, TX—September 2008 From Victor Villaseñor, one of America’s most beloved writers, author of Rain of Gold and Burro Genius, comes Crazy Loco Love (Arte Público Press, September 2008, $26.95, 416 pages, clothbound, ISBN-13: 978-1-55885-315-7), a compelling memoir of his adolescent search for meaning and identity. In this new work, Villaseñor deftly undermines the macho stereotype so often associated with Latinos, while exposing the tender vulnerability and naiveté of a young man grappling with his own sexuality and spirituality. Kirkus Reviews says, “Readers will find Crazy Loco Love a departure in a new direction, for now the author, revisiting his late-adolescent self, becomes exceedingly interested in matters of the flesh.” Read Chapters 1 & 2 Audio Welcome Message & Chapters One and Two |
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also available in Spanish »Publishers Weekly Review BURRO GENIUS continues the Villaseñor family story and goes into Victor Villaseñor’s own youth and education. With his signature of bold vitality, and his own incredible life-story, BURRO GENIUS takes the reader into the soul of a young boy full of confusion . . . and yet encouraged by the love for his brother and a sense of artistic destiny and magic. |
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»New York Times Review RAIN OF GOLD is a true-life saga of love, family and destiny, pulsing with bold vitality, sweeping from the war-ravaged Mexican mountains of Pancho Villa's revolution to the Prohibition days of California. Bursting from the pages with real-life characters and passionate drama, RAIN OF GOLD is a major work by a Mexican-American writer of extraordinary power, Victor Villaseñor. |
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also available in Spanish In RAIN OF GOLD, Victor Villaseñor weaves the parallel stories of two families and two countries...bringing us the timeless romance between the volatile bootlegger who would become his father and the beautiful Lupe, his mother - men and women in whose lives the real and the fantastical exist side by side...and in whose hearts the spirit to survive is fueled by a family's unconditional love. |
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Nationally Acclaimed Best Seller also available in Spanish »The Washington Post Review THIRTEEN SENSES, the sequel to RAIN OF GOLD, continues the powerful family epic as told by master storyteller Victor Villaseñor. Set in the colorful backdrop of Southern California amidst the bygone era of Prohibition and the Great Depression, this memoir recalls the story of Salvador and Lupe's first years of marriage. Filled with thrilling action, gut-wrenching suspense, ancestral wisdom, and timeless love, this adventure never lets up. Embracing unconditional love, profound grit, and the tenacity of two spirits which transcend all obstacles, THIRTEEN SENSES demonstrates the strength of women, the power of magic, and eliminates the narrow boundaries set by Euro-American five sensory world. |
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»San Diego Union Review In WILD STEPS OF HEAVEN the prequel to RAIN OF GOLD, Victor Villaseñor breathes life into his father's family, and in particular, the Villaseñor women. Mothers and daughters, sisters and lovers - their faith transcends the madness that surrounds them, and their love is powerful, life-giving, and touched by the miraculous. Margarita is the indomitable Indian matriarch who guards her family and conquers her enemies with the cutting edge of unconditional love - and a touch of magic. |
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also available in Spanish Best-selling novelist Victor Villaseñor grew up with stories of magic and wonder that he is now sharing with young people far and wide. Within the pages of WALKING STARS is a cast of dogs and horses and wild, lovable children and teenagers whose perseverance take them to stardom, but not the stardom found on television and the popular media. This is the brilliance of becoming strong, confident walking stars, humans who are able to bring positive, magical change to society against all odds. |
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The page-searing, hour-by-hour documentary that takes you inside the locked doors of the courtroom and reveals the shocking truth behind "the worst series of murders in U.S. history." --Time Magazine. Twenty-five mutilated bodies - and a man's life hung on the verdict. From the secret deliberations of the twelve jurors faced with the grim decision...to the bizarre tangle of false evidence, grisly errors, and raging emotions that made their task a soul-wrenching ordeal. |
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also available in Spanish MACHO details seventeen-year-old Roberto Garcia's journey from the state of Michoacán, Mexico, to his illegal entry into the United States. His backbreaking work in the vegetable fields of California and the workers' divided sentiments over César Chavez's efforts to unionize the workers are chronicled in a style that many critics have compared to the best of John Steinbeck. MACHO is a novel of the conflict of spiritual, social and economic values during the coming of age of a young Mexican. |
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We have Christmas, we have Hanukah, we have Easter and Halloween and Valentine's Day, but we have no celebration for world-wide peace and harmony. And if we really want peace and harmony on earth, then we need a day to rally around, a day of fun and joy. So let's take our U.S. celebration of Thanksgiving and go global with it. Check our Snow Goose website and learn how there’s nothing we can do to stop World Harmony and Peace. It’s written in the stars and from where we came and to where we will return. |
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