La Bloga: Viramontes looks to roots for setting of her gritty novel
Tagged: blog, book, Chicano, familyPosted on: May 22nd, 2007“In 1985, Arte PÚblico Press published Helena Marí Viramontes first book, The Moths and Other Stories, which has become a classic in Chicano literature. Since then, her short stories have appeared in more than 80 anthologies.
Viramontes published the novel Under the Feet of Jesus Plume Books in 1995, about a makeshift family of migrant workers. It was met with great critical acclaim and now graces many high-school and college reading lists.”
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